The Flag of Secession: Difference between revisions

'''The Flag of Secession''' is a song written in 1862<ref name="date">[http://douglassarchives.org/unkn_a84.htm Douglass Archives of American Public Address], [[Northwestern University]] (accessed May 19, 2006).</ref> celebrating the [[Secession in the United States#Confederate States of America|secession]] of the [[Southern United States|southern states]] from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/resource/amss.cw200650 The Flag of Secession]</ref> The song is sung to the tune of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", the [[List of national anthems|national anthem]] of the [[United States]]. The author of the song is unknown. It was included in Frank Moore's (ed.) ''Rebellion Record'' (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1864), vol. 3, "Poetry and Incidents," p.&nbsp;38.