HOWE, Julia Ward (1819-1910). Autograph manuscript signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), a fair copy of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" ("Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord..."). THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC: JULIA WARD HOWE'S ROUSING CIVIL WAR ANTHEM "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," originally untitled, was composed by Howe in November 1861 in the semi-darkness of her Washington hotel room, after a visit to President Lincoln and a day-long tour of Union military encampments south of the Potomac. The poem was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in February, 1862, where it was given its present title by the editor, James T. Fields. The poem, coupled with the stirring tune widely familiar as "John Brown's Body," soon made it a phenomenally popular song; sung by millions, it was printed as sheet music and included in hymnals. An ideal marching song, it eventually followed the soldiers of the Union into every theater of the Civil War. The present fair copy contains three interesting variants, in stanzas three, four and five, which were not present in Howe's original draft (sold at Christie's, 17 May 1989, lot 279), now in the FORBES Magazine Collection.
HOWE, Julia Ward (1819-1910). Autograph manuscript signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), a fair copy of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" ("Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord..."). THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC: JULIA WARD HOWE'S ROUSING CIVIL WAR ANTHEM "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," originally untitled, was composed by Howe in November 1861 in the semi-darkness of her Washington hotel room, after a visit to President Lincoln and a day-long tour of Union military encampments south of the Potomac. The poem was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in February, 1862, where it was given its present title by the editor, James T. Fields. The poem, coupled with the stirring tune widely familiar as "John Brown's Body," soon made it a phenomenally popular song; sung by millions, it was printed as sheet music and included in hymnals. An ideal marching song, it eventually followed the soldiers of the Union into every theater of the Civil War. The present fair copy contains three interesting variants, in stanzas three, four and five, which were not present in Howe's original draft (sold at Christie's, 17 May 1989, lot 279), now in the FORBES Magazine Collection.
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