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  2. The Bonnie Blue Flag - Wikipedia

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    "The Bonnie Blue Flag", also known as "We Are a Band of Brothers", is an 1861 marching song associated with the Confederate States of America. The words were written by the entertainer Harry McCarthy , with the melody taken from the song " The Irish Jaunting Car ".

  3. Harry McCarthy - Wikipedia

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    In 1861 he wrote the song "The Bonnie Blue Flag," about the unofficial first Confederate flag, using the tune from "The Irish Jaunting Car." The song was extremely popular, rivaling "Dixie" as a Confederate anthem. The song lost some of its popularity when, late in the war, McCarthy left the South for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  4. Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech - Wikipedia

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    Two different sources are claimed to have been the origin for the song's music. The first is the marching tune "The Bonnie Blue Flag", published in 1861 by Harry McCarthy. [21] [22] The second, and more widely cited, is Charles Ives' composition of "Son of a Gambolier" in 1895. [23] [24]

  5. Bonnie Blue flag - Wikipedia

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    In the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell and the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler nicknames his newborn daughter "Bonnie Blue" after Melanie Wilkes remarks that her eyes will be "as blue as the bonnie blue flag." [9] [10] Both flag and song appear in the film Gods and Generals (2003). In 2012, Irish folk singer, Derek Warfield, released ...

  6. Derek Warfield - Wikipedia

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    In March 2006, Warfield released his ninth solo album, a 36-song double CD of Irish songs. In 2012, Warfield released an album called Bonnie Blue Flag, celebrating the Confederate Army and particularly the Irish people who fought for the Confederate States of America. [7] He now tours with his new band, Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones.

  7. Armand Blackmar - Wikipedia

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    He continued to live in Louisiana and published songs of his own, under a pseudonym, through his brother. [3] Blackmar's published work included, among others: The Bonnie Blue Flag; Dixie War Song (arranged and published); (State Song) Maryland! My Maryland!; Southern Marseillaise; and The Beauregard Manassas. [4]

  8. The Bonnie Blue Flag (song) - Wikipedia

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  9. Republic of West Florida - Wikipedia

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    The rebels unfurled the flag of the new republic, a single white star on a blue field made by Melissa Johnson, wife of Major Isaac Johnson, commander of the Feliciana cavalry engaged in the attack. [5]: 89, 93, 102 (The "Bonnie Blue Flag" that was flown fifty years later at the start of the American Civil War resembles it. [7])