John Brown's Body

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This marching song was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in February 1862, and was the unofficial anthem of the Union Army, set to the tune of the also-popular song, “John Brown’s Body.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But his willingness to die to end slavery led to the first marching song of the United States Army in the Civil War: “John Brown’s Body.”

From Slate

John Brown’s body lies a-moldering in the grave, John Brown’s body lies a-moldering in the grave, John Brown’s body lies a-moldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on.

From Los Angeles Times

Starting at 9 a.m., about 3,000 black schoolchildren paraded around the race track holding roses and singing the Union song "John Brown's Body," and were followed by adults representing aid societies for freed black men and women.

From Salon

In addition to Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman, Brown’s admirers included the poet Julia Ward Howe, wife of the “Secret Six” member Samuel Gridley Howe, who took a popular folk song about Brown, “John Brown’s Body,” and turned it into “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

From New York Times