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Battlecry - The Musical
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In the early morning dawn of November 19, 1863, six figures appear at the site of the national
cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the day’s dedication ceremony. Only two were soldiers
in the monumental fighting that took place there four months earlier, but all bear the scars of battle.
Amelia Christianson, young, pretty, and affianced to Frank Smoker, a Union soldier. Frank is
marching to Gettysburg. Quentin Johnson, a rebel, tells his friend Joe that he hopes to get some
new boots for his bare feet. And while these characters are heading for town, two freed blacks,
Isaac Hampton, and his wife, Sarah, are fleeing Gettysburg.
Four soldiers and four citizens whose
lives will intersect at the crossroads of the little town that saw the biggest battle of the Civil War.
Lee, Longstreet, Meade, Chamberlain, the iconic leaders, struggle with each other over how best to
win while the battle is brought thrillingly to life through the dramatized diaries of real soldiers and
citizens.
BATTLECRY is a heart-warming story of the real meaning of Lincoln’s “last full measure of
devotion.” The songs will cheer you and move you, reminding us that even in the midst of terrible
agony, there can be joy, love and healing.
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