Martial Music, War of the Rebellion: Battle Hymn o LbNA #66159
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| Plant date: | Nov 1, 2013 |
| Location: | Hop River Rail Trail |
| City: | Columbia |
| County: | Tolland |
| State: | Connecticut |
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| Last found: | Apr 6, 2024 |
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| Last edited: | Mar 31, 2024 |
Martial Music, The War of the Rebellion:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
(One in an occasionally expanding series…)
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”
Circa 1861-62
Words by: Julia Ward Howe
[Music by: William Steffe]
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,
His truth is marching on.
CHORUS: Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps,
His day is marching on.--CHORUS
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
"As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My Grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on."--CHORUS
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His Judgement Seat.
Oh! Be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.--CHORUS
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.—CHORUS
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“Surprisingly, not everyone knows that the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was written during the War Between the States. What is not surprising is that many who are aware of its origins are not familiar with the circumstances surrounding its composition.
In the early days of the War, the song "John Brown's Body" was wildly popular. Although in its original incarnation it had nothing to do with the notorious abolitionist leader hanged at Harpers's Ferry on December 2, 1859, it became inextricably identified with him and acquired new verses that were sung by Federal troops and Union sympathizers alike. The tune was borrowed from an old Methodist hymn, "Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us?," by William Steffe.
In November of 1861, Julia Ward Howe was touring Union army camps in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., with her husband, Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, a member of President Lincoln's Military Sanitary Commission. With them was Reverend James Freeman Clarke. During the course of their visit, the group began to sing some of the currently popular war songs, among them "John Brown's Body." In one of those rare flashes of inspiration that leave their mark on the history of a nation, Reverend Clarke was moved to suggest that Mrs. Howe pen new lyrics to the familiar tune. She replied that she had often thought of doing exactly that. The following morning, as Mrs. Howe later described it, she "awoke...in the gray of the early dawn, and to my astonishment found that the wished-for lines were arranging themselves in my brain. I lay quite still until the last verse had completed itself in my thoughts, then hastily arose, saying to myself, 'I shall lose this if I don't write it down immediately.'"
Mrs. Howe's lyrics first appeared on the front page of the Atlantic Monthly in February of 1862. Editor James T. Fields, who paid her $5 for the piece, is credited with having given the song the name by which it is known today.
Modern hymnals occasionally add a sixth verse:
He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, he is succour to the brave,
So the world shall be his footstool, and the soul of Time his slave,
Our God is marching on.
Although this final verse was written at the same time as the first (and more familiar) five, it was not published in the original Atlantic Monthly version.”
From the website of Poetry and Music of the War Between the States: http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/union/songs/battle_hymn.html
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"It is a curious coincidence of history and a glowing testament to the spiritual oneness of music that the melody that pulsed the lines of Julia Ward Howe’s poem came from the South. The tune is ascribed to William Steffe, a Southern composer of popular Sunday School songs dating from as early as 1856. Whatever the origin of the tune may be, the impact of this song was so powerful that Theodore Roosevelt, writing in 1908 to Joel Chandler Harris—then president of the Uncle Remus Society—expressed the thought:
“that sooner or later all Americans would grow to realize that in this Battle Hymn
of the Republic we had what really ought to be a great National treasure, something
that all Americans would grow to know intimately-“
The tune [Say Brothers, Will You Meet Us?] was a favorite with John Brown who was hanged on December 2, 1859 and was sung at his funeral. A little more than a year later, the shot at Fort Sumter rang throughout the states, and the new song, “John Brown’s Body,” sprang into being.
Colonial [sic: Colonel?] Fletcher Webster’s Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment was the first to adopt it as a marching song. By 1862, thousands of soldiers were marching off to fight with the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” on their lips.”
From: “Singing Solders”, Pp. xiv-xv,
by Paul Glass and Louis Singer, Grosset and Dunlap, 1964
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Follow the link (cut and paste) to listen to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” as performed by the 97th Regimental String Band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_y5W8bK20I
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BYOInk: bring a black stamp pad or marker.
Letterbox Difficulty Rating:
Difficulty Rating = 2.0
Terrain Rating = 3.0
Thanx to Silent Doug; see: www.letterboxing.info/rating/
All directions are magnetic and a pace equals two (2) steps.
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Clues:
From US Rte. 6 turn onto the Hop River Rd. Park along the road near the yellow gates guarding the entrance to the Hop River Rail Trail.
Head East passing Ol’ Blue Light's bivouac, continue on going under Pucker St. and past Beauty Stuart’s bivouac, then Jine the Cavalry! (if you have not already). Finally, after stopping to wear out your grinders eating Goober Peas, continue your travels East on the Rail trail, and passing under US Rte. 6.
As you pass over a power line cut, turn left and follow a Jeep trail up the hill. Stop where it first levels out. Look left approx. 316º for a rocky outcrop with scrub growing on it. Find a burnished row of steel at the base of a scrub oak under a SPOS.
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Please stamp in away from the hiding place, and carefully avoid making or at least try to conceal social trails to the letterbox--especially in mud or snow! Kindly reseal the Lock-n-Lock type box, and re-hide the letterbox exactly where it was placed, covering it well and contact the placer if you find any problems.
Thank you, Connfederate
Battle Hymn of the Republic
(One in an occasionally expanding series…)
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”
Circa 1861-62
Words by: Julia Ward Howe
[Music by: William Steffe]
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,
His truth is marching on.
CHORUS: Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps,
His day is marching on.--CHORUS
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
"As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My Grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on."--CHORUS
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His Judgement Seat.
Oh! Be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.--CHORUS
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.—CHORUS
___________________________________________________________
“Surprisingly, not everyone knows that the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was written during the War Between the States. What is not surprising is that many who are aware of its origins are not familiar with the circumstances surrounding its composition.
In the early days of the War, the song "John Brown's Body" was wildly popular. Although in its original incarnation it had nothing to do with the notorious abolitionist leader hanged at Harpers's Ferry on December 2, 1859, it became inextricably identified with him and acquired new verses that were sung by Federal troops and Union sympathizers alike. The tune was borrowed from an old Methodist hymn, "Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us?," by William Steffe.
In November of 1861, Julia Ward Howe was touring Union army camps in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., with her husband, Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, a member of President Lincoln's Military Sanitary Commission. With them was Reverend James Freeman Clarke. During the course of their visit, the group began to sing some of the currently popular war songs, among them "John Brown's Body." In one of those rare flashes of inspiration that leave their mark on the history of a nation, Reverend Clarke was moved to suggest that Mrs. Howe pen new lyrics to the familiar tune. She replied that she had often thought of doing exactly that. The following morning, as Mrs. Howe later described it, she "awoke...in the gray of the early dawn, and to my astonishment found that the wished-for lines were arranging themselves in my brain. I lay quite still until the last verse had completed itself in my thoughts, then hastily arose, saying to myself, 'I shall lose this if I don't write it down immediately.'"
Mrs. Howe's lyrics first appeared on the front page of the Atlantic Monthly in February of 1862. Editor James T. Fields, who paid her $5 for the piece, is credited with having given the song the name by which it is known today.
Modern hymnals occasionally add a sixth verse:
He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, he is succour to the brave,
So the world shall be his footstool, and the soul of Time his slave,
Our God is marching on.
Although this final verse was written at the same time as the first (and more familiar) five, it was not published in the original Atlantic Monthly version.”
From the website of Poetry and Music of the War Between the States: http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/union/songs/battle_hymn.html
___________________________________________________________
"It is a curious coincidence of history and a glowing testament to the spiritual oneness of music that the melody that pulsed the lines of Julia Ward Howe’s poem came from the South. The tune is ascribed to William Steffe, a Southern composer of popular Sunday School songs dating from as early as 1856. Whatever the origin of the tune may be, the impact of this song was so powerful that Theodore Roosevelt, writing in 1908 to Joel Chandler Harris—then president of the Uncle Remus Society—expressed the thought:
“that sooner or later all Americans would grow to realize that in this Battle Hymn
of the Republic we had what really ought to be a great National treasure, something
that all Americans would grow to know intimately-“
The tune [Say Brothers, Will You Meet Us?] was a favorite with John Brown who was hanged on December 2, 1859 and was sung at his funeral. A little more than a year later, the shot at Fort Sumter rang throughout the states, and the new song, “John Brown’s Body,” sprang into being.
Colonial [sic: Colonel?] Fletcher Webster’s Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment was the first to adopt it as a marching song. By 1862, thousands of soldiers were marching off to fight with the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” on their lips.”
From: “Singing Solders”, Pp. xiv-xv,
by Paul Glass and Louis Singer, Grosset and Dunlap, 1964
___________________________________________________________
Follow the link (cut and paste) to listen to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” as performed by the 97th Regimental String Band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_y5W8bK20I
___________________________________________________________
BYOInk: bring a black stamp pad or marker.
Letterbox Difficulty Rating:
Difficulty Rating = 2.0
Terrain Rating = 3.0
Thanx to Silent Doug; see: www.letterboxing.info/rating/
All directions are magnetic and a pace equals two (2) steps.
___________________________________________________________
Clues:
From US Rte. 6 turn onto the Hop River Rd. Park along the road near the yellow gates guarding the entrance to the Hop River Rail Trail.
Head East passing Ol’ Blue Light's bivouac, continue on going under Pucker St. and past Beauty Stuart’s bivouac, then Jine the Cavalry! (if you have not already). Finally, after stopping to wear out your grinders eating Goober Peas, continue your travels East on the Rail trail, and passing under US Rte. 6.
As you pass over a power line cut, turn left and follow a Jeep trail up the hill. Stop where it first levels out. Look left approx. 316º for a rocky outcrop with scrub growing on it. Find a burnished row of steel at the base of a scrub oak under a SPOS.
___________________________________________________________
Please stamp in away from the hiding place, and carefully avoid making or at least try to conceal social trails to the letterbox--especially in mud or snow! Kindly reseal the Lock-n-Lock type box, and re-hide the letterbox exactly where it was placed, covering it well and contact the placer if you find any problems.
Thank you, Connfederate