Produced by K Nordquist, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: bookcover] IMMORTAL SONGS OF CAMP AND FIELD [Illustration: _BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL_ (_From the celebrated painting by Trumbull_)] [Illustration] IMMORTAL SONGS OF CAMP AND FIELD _The Story of their Inspiration together with Striking Anecdotes connected with their History._[Illustration: decoration] By REV. LOUIS ALBERT BANKS, D.D. Author of "Immortal Hymns and Their Story," "Christ and His Friends" "The Christian Gentleman," Etc. Etc. [Illustration] With Portraits and Illustrations [Illustration] CLEVELAND: The Burrows Brothers Company,PUBLISHERS _Mdcccxcix_ COPYRIGHT, 1898 BY THE BURROWS BROTHERS CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Imperial Press CLEVELAND _To my sister_ _LACIBEL AINSWORTH WOOD_ _this volume is lovingly and gratefully dedicated by the author_ [Illustration: CONTENTS] _Page_ _The American Flag 17 Joseph Rodman Drake_ _Adams and Liberty 27 Robert Treat Paine_ _Yankee Doodle 41 Unknown_ _The Star-Spangled Banner 53 Francis Scott Key_ _Hail Columbia 67 Joseph Hopkinson_ _Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean 77 Thomas à Becket_ _The Flag of our Union 87 George P. Morris_ _John Brown's Body 97 Charles S. Hall_ _Dixie 109 Dan Emmett_ _The Battle Cry of Freedom 125 George F. Root_ _Song of a Thousand Years 137 Henry Clay Work_ _Tenting on the Old Camp Ground 149 Walter Kittredge_ _The Battle Hymn of the Republic 159 Julia Ward Howe_ _Just Before the Battle, Mother 171 George F. Root_