The "Battle Cry of Freedom", also known as "Rally 'Round the Flag", is a song written in 1862 by American composer George Frederick Root during the American Civil War. A patriotic song advocating the
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The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is an American patriotic song written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War. It is sometimes called "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"
Battle Cry of Freedom
…Battle cry "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Collins, Ace. Songs Sung, Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs. HarperResource, 2003. ISBN 0060513047…
Julia Ward Howe, 1897
As originally published 1862 in The Atlantic Monthly