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Covers

• Cover of SAY BROTHERS WILL YOU MEET US in 1859 - as John Brown's Body; John Brown was a (white) abolitionist who in 1859 with 21 (black & white) companions led a raid on the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia to capture enough weaponry to distribute among black slaves in the hope this action would trigger a mass slave uprising in the South; four men were killed during this failed attempt; John was captured (by colonel Robert E. Lee), judged and hanged; when the Boston based soldiers of this 12th Regiment heard about the execution of abolitionist John Brown, his namesake in the ranks of this regiment spontaneously exclaimed: "But he still goes marching around", which of course was met with roaring enthusiasm among his comrades; the John Brown 'in residence' was also part of this Regiment's singing quartet, so it's easy to accept the John Brown's Body song, etched upon the Say Brothers tune, popular among troops for it's march friendly quality, spread as wildfire among troops from this Boston base; fact is John Brown's Body became the official marching song of that 12th Regiment; singing it in public since 1861 earned them the nickname The Hallelujah Regiment; by the time their own John Brown was killed in action, the whole Union Army sang their song