The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Bishop has often been attributed with authorship of the popular Civil War marching song "John Brown's Body", though that claim is widely disputed. The melody of the song was famously also used for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". In 1916, Bishop's friend John J. MacIntyre published a short book promoting Bishop's authorship of "John Brown's Body" and other songs, boldly called "The Composer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic". MacIntyre also promoted Bishop's authorship claims in 1935, for the 100th anniversary of Bishop's birth, which was featured in an article in "Time magazine".