"The Bonnie Blue Flag"
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One of the earliest imprints of "The Bonnie Blue Flag" from 1861, published by Blackmar & Co. at their original Camp Street location.
Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum, Gift of Hon. John M. Wisdom
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…