Raynors HCA 2019-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/30/2019
Confederate sheet music “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” published by Blackmar & Bro., Augusta, Georgia, with lithograph cover, dedicated to Mr. Harry B. Macarthy, 6pp. folio, fine condition. Harry McCarthy (1834–1888), also known as Harry Macarthy, was a songwriter from Ireland, where he became a variety entertainer and comedian in the mid 19th century. In 1861 he wrote the song "The Bonnie Blue Flag," about the unofficial first Confederate flag, using the tune from "The Irish Jaunting Car." The song was extremely popular, rivaling "Dixie" as a Confederate anthem. The song lost some of its popularity when, late in the war, McCarthy left the South for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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