“John Brown’s Body” - American/Union Patriotic Song

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Today marked 160 years since the Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner. Though it was unsuccessful, it marked one of the most controversial events in the Civil War as at the time, black peoples were merely slaves.
John Brown, for abolitionists and antislavery activists, black and white, Brown emerged as a hero, a martyr, and ultimately, a harbinger of the end of slavery He was murdered for “treason” against the State of Virginia for executing rebellion, and helping free slaves. We must never forget how important they were to our history.