It is estimated that over 700,000 copies of this song were put in circulation. The song was so popular that the music publisher had 14 printing presses going at one time and still could not keep up with demand.
Ī modified Union version was used as the campaign song for the Lincoln- Johnson ticket in the 1864 presidential election, as well as in elections after the war, such as for Garfield in the 1880 U.S. A patriotic song advocating the causes of Unionism and abolitionism, it became so popular that composer H. The " Battle Cry of Freedom", also known as " Rally 'Round the Flag", is a song written in 1862 by American composer George Frederick Root (1820–1895) during the American Civil War. Cover of the 1862 sheet music for "Battle Cry of Freedom"
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