“She meets her sisters on the plain-
‘SIC SEMPER!’ ’tis the proud refrain…”
Tag: secession
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
Bonnie Blue Flag (Macarthy, 1861)
Harry Macarthy’s lively jig documents the secession of the southern states in winter 1860-1861…
The Hardtacks 