Henry Clay Work was an American composer and songwriter known for the songs Kingdom Coming, Marching Through Georgia, The Ship That Never Returned and My Grandfather's Clock.
'Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song', Civil War songs by Henry Clay Work published 1885
Cover of the sheet music to "Marching Through Georgia".
A bust of Henry Clay Work near his birthplace in Middletown, Connecticut.
Henry Clay Work's headstone in Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT
"Marching Through Georgia" is a marching song written by Henry Clay Work at the end of the American Civil War in 1865. The title and lyrics of the song refer to U.S. Army major general William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" to capture the Confederate city of Savannah, Georgia in late 1864.
An 1868 engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie depicting Sherman's March to the Sea. The engraving shows U.S. soldiers destroying telegraph poles and railroads, and freed slaves assisting U.S. soldiers and making their way to safety.
A postcard from the early 20th century featuring the song.
Cover of the 1887 sheet music to "Marching Through Georgia".