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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02484.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | The story of a song |
| Date | ca. 1910 |
| Author | Jenkins, James H. (b. 1841) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Jenkins account of the origins of the song "John Brown's Body." Credits Jenkins as "the author of 'John Brown's Body.'" Says the song was created spontaneously by a group of Union Soldiers, inspired partly by a soldier named John Brown. |
| Subjects | Art, Music, Theater, and Film African American History Civil War Military History John Brown Union Forces Abolition Slavery Infantry |
| People | Jenkins, James Howard (b. 1841) Brown, John (1800-1859) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | James H. Jenkins served in the Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, where he helped create the song, "John Brown's Body." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Words and music for the song "John Brown's Body" |