Marching Through Georgia Lyrics

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  • Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines
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A marching song written near the end of 1865 by composer, songwriter, and noted abolitionist Henry Clay Work. The lyrics celebrate U.S. Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s “March to the Sea” campaign, undertaken in 1864 as the North’s attempt to sack Savannah, Georgia.

Though Sherman apparently despised the song, it immortalized his most famous military campaign in verse, having been published

just in time to become one of the North’s two primary victory anthems.

The other, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”.

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Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

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