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Where we meme (joking in tone and detail, serious in sentiment) about General Sherman, the Civil War, and how the secesh traitors had it coming.

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I never realized how hard this song goes until I was listening to the Wasteland 3 soundtrack.

Link is a PDF of the lyrics from the Battle Hymn of the Republic, a brief history and four short answer questions.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The song circulated widely before the published version. I heard on a podcast that the earliest version of what came to be the official song came from an army unit. They had a member, who was absent, when John Brown was hanged. That soldier was also named John Brown and the men joked that it was their comrade who was killed.

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 truth keeps marching on.

It caught on during the War and had innumerable different lyrics. My personal favorite:

We'll hang Jeff Davis from a crab apple tree

We'll hang Jeff Davis from a crab apple tree

We'll hang Jeff Davis from a crab apple tree

John Brown's truth keeps marching on