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Nice try, Gene.

Since no one is taking the bait, The Secret Six were six well-placed Northern abolitionists who financed John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. One of them was married to Julia Ward Howe, who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

My hint of the bouncing red ball was referring to the music part. Remember Mitch Miller and his sing-alongs with the bouncing red ball on your television screen? Okay, maybe not...