Joseph Philbrick Webster, also known as J.P. Webster, was an American songwriter and composer most notable for his musical compositions during the Antebellum and American Civil War periods of United States history, and his post-war hymns.
Amongst his most notable works are the ballad Lorena, often considered the most popular song of the American Civil War, I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets and In the Sweet By and By, one of the best-known Christian hymns in American history.
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