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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 ".
The "Bonnie Blue flag" was a banner associated at various times with the Republic of Texas, the short-lived Republic of West Florida, and the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field.
The United States Army occupied the Baton Rouge Barracks and Arsenal until January 1861, when the State of Louisiana seized the post and turned the operation of the arsenal over to the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy held Baton Rouge until its evacuation during the capture of New Orleans in April 1862. Union troops took back and ...
The armies bivouacked only 700 yards (640 m) from each other, and their bands started a musical battle that became a non-lethal preview of the next day's events. Northern musicians played "Yankee Doodle" and "Hail, Columbia" and were answered by "Dixie" and "The Bonnie Blue Flag." Finally, one band started playing "Home!
Before 1861, Mississippi lacked a flag. When the State Convention at the Capitol in Jackson declared its secession from the United States ("the Union") on January 9, 1861, [19] near the start of the American Civil War, spectators in the balcony handed a Bonnie Blue flag down to the state convention delegates on the convention floor, [20] and one was raised over the state capitol building in ...
Cover of the 1861 sheet music for "The Bonnie Blue Flag" Harry McCarthy (1834–1888), [ 1 ] also known as Harry Macarthy , was a songwriter from Ireland, where he became a variety entertainer and comedian in the mid 19th century.
Bonnie Blue doubled down on her views about sleeping with married men and 18-year-old virgins. The adult entertainer spoke exclusively to Bored Panda on Thursday (October 31), addressing the ...
Bonnie Blue flag - flag used by various governments now a part of the U.S. The Bonnie Blue Flag - a marching song used by the Confederate States of America; Bonnie Blue Southern Market & Bakery - commonly referred to as Bonnie Blue; May also refer to: Bob Atcher, actor who went by the name Bonnie Blue Eyes from 1939 and 1942