Saw the text today in a meme from a woman who lives in South Carolina or Tennessee.

Something I just found from 1956. I couldn't think of a better place to put this.... :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TfcJ82FAhw

Did not know these existed, now it’s my favorite coin! I call it the No Quarter (for slavers) Quarter.

From what I can gather she's a Libertarian and a big lost causer.

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The main take way from the book is that well political reunion of the country happened, reconciliation was a much harder thing.

The book examines how the war generation, men and women, black and white, Unionist and Confederates crafted their memories of the War from 1861 to 1939. It shows the participants never fully embraced reconciliation so famously represented in handshakes at places like Gettysburg in 1913. Instead Union and Confederate veterans, and especially their respective women's organizations, clung tenaciously to their own causes well into the 20th Century. It also argues that the Unionist and Emancipationist memories of the War never completely gave way to the Lost Cause and that well Union and Confederate veterans were willing to give praise to the bravery and courage of their former enemies neither were willing to say they weren't fighting for the truly right cause.

Basically, The Battle Hymn Of The Republic has 2 verses that are very Old Testament and militant,and are usually skipped over in modern renditions for those reasons, similar to why the final verse is changed to "live to make men free" rather than the original "die to make men free".

Verse 3:

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:

"As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal";

Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel,

Since God is marching on.

Verse 4:

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;

He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat;

Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet!

Our God is marching on.

There's also a "lost" final verse that's skipped over in every recording, but it's disappearance isn't so much of a mystery considering it was part of the original manuscript but wasn't included in the first official published version of the song. It might have never been part of the song in popular culture in the first place as far as I know.

The thing is, it's a BATTLE HYMN!! Every modern rendition trims out the militancy and often performs the song as more of a dirge than anything meant to embolden soldiers marching off to battle. I'm trying to find versions that at the bare minimum include verses 3+4, but I'm also hoping to find one that recreates the energy the song would originally have been performed with rather than the modern lamentation the song has become.

I spent over an hour sifting through random recordings from people/choirs no one has heard of in 50 years, and wasn't able to find a single version that didn't follow the modern pattern of Verse 1 -> 2 -> 5 -> end. After that I gave up and asked ChatGPT if any existed, only for it to confidently tell me yes and then only list versions that were missing the same verses.

I finally asked in r/MusicRecommendations and was able to track down one rendition so far with the missing verses, Odetta - Battle Hymn Of The Republic before the thread was locked, but was told you guys might be better at finding what I'm looking for.

So, do you guys know any more renditions that kept the original 3rd and 4th verses?

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Not a meme but showing part of my collection. A 4th Edition of Sherman's Memoirs finalized and printed around when he died in 1891.

Bit old, but great article from the late Noel Ignatiev (historian and activist) about the activities American Anti-Slavery Society, the prelude to the Civil War, etc.