“She meets her sisters on the plain-
‘SIC SEMPER!’ ’tis the proud refrain…”
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Dixie’s Land No. 5 (“Come, patriots all who hate oppression…”)
This LOC.gov songsheet shows us how Union partisans re-purposed Emmett’s 1859 minstrel walkaround: The opening lines establish reasons for
Star-Spangled Banner (Key, 1814)
What’s the connection between the US National Anthem, militant slave uprisings, and the burning of the White House?
Abraham’s Daughter (Winner, 1861)
“One Country and one Flag, I say, whoe’er the war may slaughter…”
Battle Cry of Freedom: “If we’d had your songs…”
Account given by anonymous captured Confederate officer…
The Hardtacks 