Julia Ward Howe.
From her last photograph, taken at Smith College a fortnight before her death
THE STORY OF
THE BATTLE HYMN
OF THE REPUBLIC
BY
FLORENCE HOWE HALL
DAUGHTER OF JULIA WARD HOWE
HARPER & BROTHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published October, 1916
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author wishes to express her cordial thanksto Messrs. Houghton & Mifflin for their courtesyin allowing her to quote a number of passages fromthe Reminiscences of Julia Ward Howe (publishedby them in 1899) and several from Julia WardHowe (published by them in 1916).
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | The Anti-slavery Prelude to the Great Tragedy of the Civil War | 3 |
| II. | The Crime against Kansas | 21 |
| III. | Mrs. Howe Visits the Army of the Potomac | 38 |
| IV. | “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” | 49 |
| V. | The Army Takes It Up | 64 |
| VI. | Notable Occasions Where It Has Been Sung | 73 |
| VII. | How and Where the Author Recited It | 88 |
| VIII. | Tributes to “The Battle Hymn” | 96 |
| IX. | Mrs. Howe’s Lesser Poems of the Civil War | 107 |
| X. | Mrs. Howe’s Love of Freedom an Inheritance | 121 |
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