Battle cry of freedom audiobook1/7/2024 Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc ISBN: 9780195159011 Number of pages: 786 Weight: 2856 g Dimensions: 284 x 226 x 48 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Must-have purchase for the legions of Civil War buffs, The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom is both a spectacularly beautiful volume and the definitive account of the most important conflict in our The reader will find a truly masterful chronicle of the war itself-the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities-as well as McPherson's thoughtful commentary on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. Mexican War to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The text itself, streamlined by McPherson, remains a fast-paced narrative that brilliantly captures two decades of contentious American history, from the Interpretations that significantly enhance the text. More important, he has written extensive captions (some 35,000 words in all, virtually a book in themselves), many of which offer genuinely new information and McPherson has selected all the illustrations, including rare contemporary photographs, period cartoons, etchings, woodcuts, and paintings, carefully choosing those that best illuminate the narrative. Boasting some seven hundred pictures, including a hundredĪnd fifty color images and twenty-four full-color maps, here is the ultimate gift book for everyone interested in American history. It is the finest compression of that national paroxysm ever fitted between two covers." Now available in a splendid new edition is The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom. It was hailed in The New York Times as "historical writing of the highest order." The Washington Post called it "the finest single volume on the war and its background." And The Los Angeles Times wrote that "of the 50,000 books written on the Civil War, Keith and Rusty McNeil perform both the Battle Cry of Freedom and Southern Battle Cry of Freedom on "Civil War Songs with Historical Narration" (WEM Records, 1989, ISBN 1-87)īilly Bragg wrote a song based upon the 'Battle Cry of Freedom' with a socialist slant called There is power in a Union on the Talking with the Taxman about Poetry album.Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times Bestseller, Battle Cry of Freedom is universally recognized as the definitive account of the Civil War. Ry Cooder performed this song as Rally 'Round the Flag on his Boomer's Story album. While we rally round the cause, boys, we'll rally in our might, Our noble women also have aided them at home.Ĭhorus Chorus (1864 election campaign) įor Lincoln and Johnson, hurrah, boys, hurrah!ĭown with the rebellion and on with the war, While our boys have responded and to the fields have gone. Their motto is resistance - "To tyrants we'll not yield!" ![]() ![]() They have laid down their lives on the bloody battle field. Our gallant boys have marched to the rolling of the drums.Īnd the leaders in charge cry out, "Come, boys, come!" We'll rally 'round the bonny flag, we'll rally once again, Our Dixie forever! She's never at a loss!ĭown with the eagle and up with the cross! ![]() Our flag is proudly floating on the land and on the main,īeneath it oft we've conquered, and we'll conquer oft again! So we're springing to the call from the East and from the West,Īnd we'll hurl the rebel crew from the land we love best, We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave,Īnd although he may be poor, not a man shall be a slave, We are springing to the call with a million freemen more,Īnd we'll fill our vacant ranks of our brothers gone before, While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again, We will rally from the hillside, we'll gather from the plain, Yes we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again, ![]() This is notable, because their citizens were enemies but sung the same patriotic song. There are two lyrics, a Union and a Confederate version.
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