Battle Cry of Freedom Slavery and the Civil War in the Mid-Atlantic April 21, 2011 Merrick Lecture Hall Goucher College National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Hampton National Historic Site We will welcome to our numbers, the loyal true and brave. Shouting the battle cry of freedom! And although he may be poor, he shall never be a slave. Shouting the battle cry of freedom! ~Battle Cry of Freedom, 1862 Geo. F. Root