jan 1, 1862 - RELIGION EFECT

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"BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"
- Julia Ward Howe = composer
- Use of religious freedom to tie into political freedom propaganda
- “As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free"

LINCOLN
- got clergymen to vote republican

DEATH
- afterlife becomes more romanticized

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