During a visit to Washington in the autumn of 1861, poet Julia Ward Howe attended a public parade and review of Union troops. On her way back to Willard's Hotel she found her carriage delayed by ...

William Weston Patton's version of the Union marching song "John Brown's Body," starts, "Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave/ While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save/ ...

Some call him a hero, others a terrorist. Whatever term you use, few would dispute that the actions of abolitionist John Brown triggered major change in our nation. His story will be retold in ...

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that Kings And Queens is a synthesis of every aspect of John Brown’s Body’s storied career. It’s as if, after close to two decades of existence, this ...