She penned "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in November 1861 ... Howe's masterpiece has been called America's fight song. Its lyrics inspired the United States to spiritual resolve and sacrifice.

The song is Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” The lyrics, coupled with a soldiers’ marching tune used during the Civil War, was a great contribution by a very talented lady ...

One the most powerful songs heard at memorial services and other events is "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", whose lyrics were written ... ""The depth of meaning in this song that it acquired ...

One of Howe’s traveling companions suggested that she write some more elevated lyrics for the tune ... things that I have written.” The “Battle Hymn” soon became the leading anthem ...

There is no song that more vividly evokes that conflict than "The Battle Hymn of the Republic ... but not the lyrics, which included lines like "We'll hang Old Jeff Davis from a sour apple ...

The last line that King ever spoke in public came from a song, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," written by ... liked the melody but found the lyrics to be distinctly un-elevated.

Though the Battle ... Hymn of the Republic the country's national anthem. That movement failed, largely because southerners hated the northern song’s tone of moral triumph. “Its lyrics a ...

simply because of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic.’ ” Julia Ward Howe remembered years later that she had awakened around dawn in her room in Willard’s Hotel with the lyrics floating in her head.

I suppose that is why “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the patriotic standard whose lyrics were first published ... to carry indescribable depth of meaning to us. They not only serve as ...

The United States Army Field Band delivers a powerful performance of the iconic Civil War-era anthem, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” With lyrics by Julia Ward Howe and conducted by 1st Lt.