that's kind of denigrating to johnbrown . she processed obviously that night when she went back to the hotel where she and her husband were staying she woke up in the middle of the night, read some paper and started writing a poem on scraps of paper. the next morning when she got up she had made a few tweaks to it but basically it was what was going to be. the battle hymn of the republic. she had published a little bit later, the first of the next year in harper'sweekly . it took off. soldiers were singing it as they marched, civilians were moved by its lyrics and its finally bringing to the forefront what the union cause was really about. the beginning of the war, the cause was to some extent bringing the union back together. that may be a fineunifying argument but it hardly raises people's spirits . when she talked about dying to set men free the purpose of the war took on a new tone that coupled with the emancipation proclamation that the unionoff on a new track . >> to view the rest of the talk visit our website, booktv.o