AQS256879 Sheet music to the \'Battle Hymn of the Republic\', written by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) 1862 (litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: patriotic anthem made popular during the American Civil War; original words and music were written in 1853 by South Carolinian William Steffe and were sung as a campfire spiritual;); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.