Tag: Maj. Daniel Whittle

‘The Banner of the Cross’

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Back when armies actually marched to get to where they were going, Major Daniel Whittle, 72nd Illinois, wrote this hymn–The Banner of the Cross. Sung in four-part harmony by one man, “Acapeldridge”–something you couldn’t do in Major Whittle’s time.