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‘Battle Cry of Freedom,’ Songs of the Civil War, Vol 1: Battlefields and Campfires
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ccQ6cT-9kk
‘Battle Cry of Freedom,’ Songs of the Civil War, Vol 1: Battlefields and Campfires
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Ah, yes.
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John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. Before he died, Brown issued these final, seemingly prophetic words in a note he handed to his jailer:
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“Charlestown, Va, 2nd, December, 1859
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I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty, land: will never be purged away; but with Blood. I had as I now think: vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed; it might be done.”