How The Woman Who Wrote ‘The Battle Hymn Of The Republic’ Influenced America

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How The Woman Who Wrote ‘The Battle Hymn Of The Republic’ Influenced America

The Atlantic Monthly paid $4 for one of the most famous songs in the history of the world.

By Mary Katharine Ham JULY 4, 2016

Mine eyes have seen the glory

Of the coming of the Lord;

He is trampling out the vintage

Where the grapes of wrath are stored;

He hath loosed the fateful lightning

Of His terrible swift sword;

His truth is marching on.

 

In 1861, Julia Ward Howe of New England took a trip with her husband and friends to Washington, D.C. The wife of a fervent abolitionist and a poet, Howe watched a public review of Union troops outside Washington when she heard them singing the tune we now know as “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

http://thefederalist.com/2016/07/04/how-the-woman-who-wrote-the-battle-hymn-of-the-republic-influenced-america/