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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was written during the American Civil War by the Irish-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore. Its first edition was deposited in the Library of Congress on 26 September 1863, with words and music credited to "Louis Lambert"; the publisher, Henry Tolman & Co. of Boston, kept the copyright.
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- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). When Johnny Comes Marching Home. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/when-johnny-comes-marching-home
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- “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/when-johnny-comes-marching-home. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/when-johnny-comes-marching-home.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘When Johnny Comes Marching Home’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/when-johnny-comes-marching-home (Accessed: ).
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