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The Battle Cry of Freedom

By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Root was a prolific patriotic composer, eventually writing over 200 songs. His “The Battle Cry of Freedom” was arguably the most popular of his many compositions.

Andrew Johnson Drunk at Lincoln’s Second Inaugural

By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Thursday, February 25, 2010

Johnson did not feel well before the inauguration, so he downed three glasses of “medicinal” whiskey before entering the Senate chamber. As Johnson walked into the chamber, he was leaning on Hannibal Hamlin’s arm and appeared to be unsteady. Abraham Lincoln’s new vice-president was drunk on inauguration day.