Daily Picayune, 3/13/1863
This file appears in: "Bonnie Blue Flag:" The Most Dangerous Song of the Civil War
This is one of many arrest records found in the Daily Picayune of residents caught singing the Bonnie Blue Flag. This couple was lucky, but punishments often ranged from fines to sentences at the workhouse. Courtesy of the Times-Picayune.
This file appears in: "Bonnie Blue Flag:" The Most Dangerous Song of the Civil War
"Bonnie Blue Flag:" The Most Dangerous Song of the Civil War
The popularity of sheet music in the United States had reached its peak by the start of the Civil War. Well before the development of recording and broadcasting technology, the commercial music…