" The Bonnie Blue Flag ", also known as " We Are a Band of Brothers ", is an 1861 marching song associated with the Confederate States of America. The words were written by the entertainer Harry McCarthy, with the melody taken from the song "The Irish Jaunting Car".

The "Bonnie Blue flag" was a banner associated at various times with the Republic of Texas, the short-lived Republic of West Florida, and the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field.

The Bonnie Blue Flag On 9 January 1861, the Convention of the People of Mississippi adopted an Ordinance of Secession. With the announcement of the Ordinance, a large blue flag bearing a single white star was raised over the capitol building in Jackson.

The first flag of the Confederacy was a single white star on a blue background. This song, especially popular in the South during the early years of the war, counts out the eleven seceding states one by one.

Bonnie Blue Flag was a banner used by the Confederate States of America. The flag had a dark blue banner with a white or golden star in the middle. The star in all variations of the flag is a five-pointed star. The flag was an unofficial symbol of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

After the Civil War and the collapse of the Confederacy, "The Bonnie Blue Flag" developed a life of its own. In the second decade of the twentieth century, the song was revived as a symbol of Lost Cause mentality in the midst of fifty-year commemorations of the War.

From March of 1861, through April of 1863, during America's Civil War, the Stars and Bars was the official flag of the Confederacy. The white stars on the blue field represent the original Confederate States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, …

Feb 26, 2024 · The Bonnie Blue flag was the official flag of the Confederate States of America when the Civil War began in 1861. The Bonnie Blue flag resembles the flag of the short-lived Republic of West Florida. The Bonnie Blue flag also inspired flags …

The song "The Bonnie Blue Flag" was a 1861 marching song written by Harry McCarthy, with the melody taken from an old drinking song, "The Irish Jaunting Car." The song's title refers to the unofficial first Flag of the Confederacy, the "Bonnie Blue Flag."

THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG Lyrics by Harry Macarthy (d. 1880) We are a band of brothers And native to the soil, Fighting for the property We gained by honest toil; And when our rights were threatened, The cry rose near and far-- "Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star!"