When Fort Sumter kicked off the American Civil War, William Parker Carr joined the Union army. He and his unit traveled from Nebraska to Missouri singing--would you believe this?--"I Wish I Was in Dixie." The bright tune made for good marching, but their enemies, the Confederates, those Southerners, claimed "Dixie" as their anthem. Why was the song so popular? That was Lincoln's doing. He made that song all the rage, in the north as well as the south, the moment he named "Dixie" as his favorite song.
Coming soon in
Thieves, Rascals & Sore Losers:
A Saucy History of a Nebraska County Seat War
by Marilyn June Coffey
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