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Article: Music central to both sides' war efforts.(B)(Saturday)(The Civil War)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 10, 2001
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Byline: Peter Cliffe
The soldiers of the Civil War, North and South, marched to music and relaxed to it, and civilians in both the Union and the Confederacy were inspired and entertained by the melodies and lyrics that were a significant part of the popular culture of the period.
Indeed, music went to war, with both men and women among the creators.
Harry Macarthy's "The Bonnie Blue Flag" (1861) was set to a traditional tune, "The Irish Jaunting Car." Another song with the same title, by Mrs. Annie Chambers Ketchum, appeared a little later. While Macarthy wrote of "The Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star" (the original Confederate ...