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SOURCES
- Lossing-Barrett, "Lorenzo Dow and the Jerking Exercise," 1856, Library of Congress, Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (accessed January 29, 2010).
- Heather Coffey, "John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry and John Brown's Body (Song)," 2006, Center for History and New Media, Foundations of U.S. History: Virginia History as U.S. History (accessed January 27, 2010).
- Winslow Homer, "The songs of the war" 1861, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (accessed January 29, 2010).
- "Ninth Massachusetts Infantry camp near Washington, D.C.," 1861, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (accessed January 29, 2010).
- Caroline Amelia Powell, "Julia Ward Howe from a photograph by J.J. Hawes," c. 1887, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (accessed January 29, 2010).
- "William Weston Patton," pre-1889, Wikimedia Commons (accessed January 29, 2010).
A-mouldering in the Grave
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Instructions
March is Music in Our Schools Month! Have you considered using historical tunes in your classroom? Here’s one possibility—the 19th-century popular song “John Brown’s Body.” Answer these questions about the song’s history.