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3 unusual facts about William Weston Patton


William Weston Patton

Patton took an earnest part in the anti-slavery movement, and was chairman of the committee that presented to President Lincoln, 13 September 1862, the memorial from Chicago asking him to issue a proclamation of emancipation.

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Where Patton only wrote "of the Christ we are to see", Howe testified that her eyes had already "seen the glory of the coming of the Lord".

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These themes were further refined two months later by Julia Ward Howe; her version came to be known as The Battle Hymn of the Republic.



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