The sheet music to “John Brown’s Body,” published in 1902.

“John Brown’s Body,” first sung in Boston in 1861, was a favorite song among Union soldiers during the Civil War.

Citation Information
Newton, John, excerpt from “Captain John Brown of Harper's Ferry; a preliminary incident to the great civil war of America,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/9bfeb2bff97c99c6371d0e49a70917f6.
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