"Bonnie Blue Flag"
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This controversial song was popular in New Orleans and throughout the South during the Civil War. After occupying the city, Benjamin Butler outlawed the song as a source of protest against the Union. Here, a group of musicians called Roscoe, Lee, and Abadie perform Bonnie Blue Flag at The Historic New Orleans Collection on replications of nineteenth century instruments.
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…