Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), being a fair copy of all 5 verses of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," 1 p, 280 x 215 mm, ink on paper watermarked "Royal Crown," annotated by Howe below, "September 1904 / Written for Bishop Charles McCabe in my eighty-sixth year," creasing, old folds, staining from old mounting at upper and lower margins. WITH: Autograph Letter Signed ("Julia Ward Howe") to Bishop McCabe, presenting the "autograph copy of my Battle Hymn," 1 p, 215 x 138 mm, on half sheet of same paper, Newport, R.I., September 22, 1904, creasing, old folds. PRESENTATION MANUSCRIPT FROM HOWE TO CHARLES MCCABE WHO IS CREDITED WITH POPULARIZING THE SONG DURING THE CIVIL WAR. Charles McCabe was a Methodist chaplain during the Civil War, and had been enamored of Howe's "elevated" lyrics set to the more well-known song "John Brown's Body." When he was captured in 1863, and sent to Libby prison, he began to teach the other POW's the song to pass the time. Upon hearing of the Union victory at Gettysburg, McCabe led the camp in a rousing chorus, as McCabe recalled, "the very walls of Libby quivered in the melody as five hundred" prisoners sang "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!" In 1864, McCabe further introduced the song to President Abraham Lincoln, which Howe's daughter recalls, "[McCabe] told of the scene in Libby Prison; and once more, to a vast audience of loyal people, he sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The effect was magical. People sprang to their feet, wept and shouted and sang with all their might; and when the song was ended, above all the tumult was heard the voice of Abraham Lincoln, crying while the tears rolled down his cheeks, 'Sing it again!'" A stirring manuscript gift from the author of "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!" to its champion.
Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), being a fair copy of all 5 verses of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," 1 p, 280 x 215 mm, ink on paper watermarked "Royal Crown," annotated by Howe below, "September 1904 / Written for Bishop Charles McCabe in my eighty-sixth year," creasing, old folds, staining from old mounting at upper and lower margins. WITH: Autograph Letter Signed ("Julia Ward Howe") to Bishop McCabe, presenting the "autograph copy of my Battle Hymn," 1 p, 215 x 138 mm, on half sheet of same paper, Newport, R.I., September 22, 1904, creasing, old folds. PRESENTATION MANUSCRIPT FROM HOWE TO CHARLES MCCABE WHO IS CREDITED WITH POPULARIZING THE SONG DURING THE CIVIL WAR. Charles McCabe was a Methodist chaplain during the Civil War, and had been enamored of Howe's "elevated" lyrics set to the more well-known song "John Brown's Body." When he was captured in 1863, and sent to Libby prison, he began to teach the other POW's the song to pass the time. Upon hearing of the Union victory at Gettysburg, McCabe led the camp in a rousing chorus, as McCabe recalled, "the very walls of Libby quivered in the melody as five hundred" prisoners sang "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!" In 1864, McCabe further introduced the song to President Abraham Lincoln, which Howe's daughter recalls, "[McCabe] told of the scene in Libby Prison; and once more, to a vast audience of loyal people, he sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The effect was magical. People sprang to their feet, wept and shouted and sang with all their might; and when the song was ended, above all the tumult was heard the voice of Abraham Lincoln, crying while the tears rolled down his cheeks, 'Sing it again!'" A stirring manuscript gift from the author of "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!" to its champion.
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