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US Union troopers marched to battle singing Battle Hymn of the Republic, featuring a wrathful warrior god who'd taken side with the Union and was intent on wreaking vengeance against Confederate slavers. Was this the last era in which US war songs featured god actively taking sides like this?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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