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The song was used in attempts to foster a unique Southern national culture to distinguish the Confederate States from the United States. [3] The hymn was later included in The Soldier's Companion, the hymnal distributed to all Confederate soldiers. [4] Some considered "God Save The South" the de facto national anthem of the Confederacy.
The song was played at the dedication of Confederate monuments like Confederate Private Monument in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, on June 19, 1909. [ 81 ] As African Americans entered minstrelsy, they exploited the song's popularity in the South by playing "Dixie" as they first arrived in a Southern town.
The song is played at the dedication of the Hill Valley Courthouse (clock tower) in Back to the Future Part III (1990), in a scene set in 1885. The song is sung during the opening credits of the 1939 film Young Mr. Lincoln starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford. The song is sung by Miriam Hopkins in the 1940 film Virginia City.
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During the American Civil War, music played a prominent role on each side of the conflict, Union (the North) and Confederate (the South). On the battlefield, different instruments including bugles, drums, and fifes were played to issue marching orders or sometimes simply to boost the morale of one's fellow soldiers.
"I'm a Good Ol' Rebel", also called "The Good Old Rebel", is a pro-Confederate folk song and rebel song commonly attributed to Major James Innes Randolph. It was initially created by Randolph as a poem before evolving into an oral folk song and was only published in definitive written form in 1914.
The song was number 245 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. [5] Pitchfork Media named it the forty-second best song of the 1960s. [10] The song is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" [11] and Time magazine's All-Time 100. [12]
Confederate Railroad (originally known as "Confederate RR") is an American country rock band founded in 1987 in Marietta, Georgia, by Danny Shirley (lead vocals), Michael Lamb (lead guitar), Mark Dufresne (drums), Chris McDaniel (keyboards), Warren "Gates" Nichols (steel guitar), and Wayne Secrest (bass guitar).