CT History NewsJun 8, 2023

Today in #Connecticut History, June 8: The Man Whose Songs the Soldiers Sang Dies in Hartford

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June 8: The Man Whose Songs the Soldiers Sang Dies in Hartford

  Henry Clay Work, one of the most popular songwriters of the Civil War era, died today in 1884 at age 51, while in Hartford visiting his mother. Work, who composed such still-sung songs as &#…

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