-- Abraham Lincoln, to George B. McClellan
Southern States Secede
Secession
fever hit the South after Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The
South considered Lincoln's Republican party victory in the 1860
presidential election as a sign that the North was now going to end the
"peculiar institution" of slavery. For the South, the time of talk and
compromise had ended. In December, 1860 South Carolina became the first
state to secede from the Union. Secession of the rest of the states that
would make up the Confederate States of America occurred in two waves.
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
The Civil War song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home, is attributed to "Father Louis Lambert," but most likely this is a pseudonym for Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore. When Gilmore wrote When Johnny Comes Marching Home, he was the bandmaster of Union General Benjamin Butler’s army in New Orleans, Louisiana. The tune of this song may have been written by Gilmore, may be from a Negro spiritual, or may have come from an Irish air.
This song is well-known and still popular in our times. Here’s one for you Yankees out there… |
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When Johnny comes marching home again, |
| "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" |
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The old church bell will peal with joy |
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Get ready for the Jubilee, |
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Let love and friendship on that day, |
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