1864-04 Battle of Morton’s Ford (February 6-7th, 1864)

1864 (Published 09/14/2025)

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📚 Bibliography — Standard (Expanded & Linked)

1. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Ser. I, Vol. XXXIII (Serial 60). Dispatches of Lee and Union reports, February 1864. Archive.org
2. National Park Service. “Battle of Morton’s Ford (VA045).” NPS Civil War Database
3. American Battlefield Trust. “Battle of Morton’s Ford: Facts & Summary.” battlefields.org
4. American Civil War High Command. “February 6th, 1864.” americancivilwarhighcommand.com
5. Civil War Traveler Blog. “The Forgotten Fall and Winter of 1863–1864: The Battle of Morton’s Ford.” civilwartraveler.blog
6. Friends of Culpeper Battlefields. “Commemorating the 160th Anniversary of Morton’s Ford.” culpeperbattlefields.org
7. James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (Oxford, 1988).
8. Shelby Foote, The Civil War: A Narrative (Vintage, 1986).
9. Gary Gallagher, The Union War (Harvard, 2011).
10. Frances H. Kennedy (ed.), The Civil War Battlefield Guide (2nd Edition, Houghton Mifflin, 1998).
11. Diane Yancey, Strategic Battles of the Civil War (Lucent Books, 2001).
12. Michael R. Brasher, The American Civil War: A Select Anthology (Routledge, 2003).
13. Library of Congress. Civil War Photographs and Maps Collections.
14. Library of Congress. Brady-Handy Collection (Civil War Photographs).

Cultural/Contemporary Source

• Root, George F.; Raymond Dixon; Lambert Murphy; and George F. Root. The Battle Cry of Freedom. 1914. Library of Congress, audio recording.

General Reference

• Wikipedia contributors. American Civil War (and related battle articles). Wikipedia.org.
• Encyclopedia Virginia. American Civil War entries.

MUSIC LICENSING:

Root, George F.; Raymond Dixon; Lambert Murphy; and George F. Root. The Battle Cry of Freedom. 1914. Library of Congress, audio recording. Retrieved from Library of Congress.

THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

Composition: William Steffe; Performance: United States Air Forces in Europe Band, Concert Band; Recording: United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Composition:

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Recording:

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WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME

Composition: J. Durnal; Performance: USMA Band; Composition Date 1863; Performance Date: 1990;  Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Composition:

The author died in 1890, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author’s life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927.

Performance:

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Recording:

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