“Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.”
About Julia Ward Howe
27 May 1819–17 October 1910
On a cold November morning in 1861, Julia Ward Howe awoke in her room at Willard's Hotel in Washington, D.C., with verses forming in her mind. She had visited Union Army camps the previous day, witnessing thousands of soldiers preparing for battle while singing "John Brown's Body." Now, in the pre-dawn darkness, words…