Trivia 8-10-16 What's that Song

[Trivia Master]

What was the first song published in the Confederacy?

credit: @Rio Bravo

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

If the South can be said to have had a national anthem at all, it would have been "God Save the South." Written early in the war by George H. Miles (a Marylander writing under the pseudonym Earnest Halpin) and set to music by a composer with the marvelous name of Charles Wolfgang Amadeus Ellerbrock (the arranger of "Maryland, My Maryland"), it tempered the martial spirit of Julia Ward Howe's more famous "Battle Hymn of the Republic" with the unwavering conviction that God would come to the aid of the embattled South. The first song to be published in the Confederacy, it was published in no fewer than nine editions. The first Southern publication was by A.E. Blackmar in New Orleans, followed by printings in Charleston, South Carolina; Macon and Savannah, Georgia; another New Orleans printing by a different house; and two in Richmond, Virginia.
source: http://www.civilwar.org/education/h...ic/god-save-the-south/god-save-the-south.html

 

[MRB1863]

"God Save the South"

 

[Stony]

"God Save the South" is a poem turned song by American writer George Henry Miles (as "Ernest Halpin") written in 1861. It is considered by some to be an unofficial national anthem of the Confederate States of America. When it was published in New Orleans, it was the first song published in the Confederate States since the Ordinance of Secession.
source-wiki

 

[Reb]

"God Save the South"

 

[kholland]

"God Save the South" written by George H Miles under the pseudonym Earnest Halphin in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

[adisciu9]

"God Save The South"

 

[truthckr]

"God Save The South" was written in 1861 by Miles as Ernest Halphim[2] with the music for it being composed by Charles Wolfgang Amadeus Ellerbrock. Halphim wrote it with the intent to inspire Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War that God would be with them. It was also written as an intent to counter the Union's usage of the newly-written "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as a rallying hymn.[3] It was also used as a way to develop a unique Southern national culture to distinguish the Confederate States from the United States.[4] When it was published in New Orleans, it was the first song published in the Confederate States since the Ordinance of Secession.[1] The hymn was later included in the Confederate hymnal, The Soldier's Companion given to all Confederate soldiers during the war.[

 

[Copperhead-mi]

"God Save the South" published in 1863, was written by George H. Miles from Maryland using the alias Earnest Halphin and composed by Charles Ellerbrock.

Source: Library of Congress

 

[SD_CivilWarTvlr]

"God Save the South" written by George H. Miles

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

The Confederate States of America (also referred to as "The Confederacy" or simply "The South") had, like the United States at the time, several patriotic songs in use which could have been considered anthems, like "Dixie", "The Bonnie Blue Flag", and "God Save the South", none of which were officially declared (possibly because declaring an official anthem wasn't as important to a new nation then as it is now). "God Save the South" does have more of an anthemaic quality in the music and lyrics, and several publications of the song refer to it as a (or the) "anthem", and was also the first song to be published in the Confederacy (which was subsequently published in at least nine editions).

http://www.nationalanthems.info/csa.htm

 

[Brenal]

God Save The South by George Henry Miles (aka Ernest Halpin)

 

[UCVRelics]

What was the first song published in the Confederacy?[/QUOTE]

God Save The South

 

[Wallyfish]

"God Save the South"



It was written by George H. Miles under the pseudonym Earnest Halphin.

 

[1stMN]

Answer: God Save the South

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[JOHN42768]

God Save the South
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[DBF]

I am not sure which song was published first, but there were lots of great words that were used in familiar tunes, such as "The Bonnie Blue Flag" using an Irish melody. To "Rally Round the Flag", there were Union and Confederate words. "Dixie" was written by a Yankee, but beloved in the South. "God Save the South" - I don't know if there was a composer of the music to the lyrics or a borrowed song. I only know that as a piano player that visits nursing homes, in northern Vermont, they love all these "southern" songs and sing Dixie the loudest (of course after the Battle Hymn of the Republic). - They are Yankees after all.

Edit - DBF, welcome to the trivia game and to CivilWarTalk.

Unfortunately, although you mentioned "God Save the South," I cannot give you credit for a correct answer. If you look at the second post in the "Trivia Rules, Scores, and Records Archive" sticky, you will see why.

Hope you'll come back and play the game again.

Hoosier

 

[FarawayFriend]

The first song was "God save the South"

"God Save The South" was written in 1861 by Miles as Ernest Halphim[2] with the music for it being composed by Charles Wolfgang Amadeus Ellerbrock. Halphim wrote it with the intent to inspire Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War that God would be with them. It was also written as an intent to counter the Union's usage of the newly-written "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as a rallying hymn.[3] It was also used as a way to develop a unique Southern national culture to distinguish the Confederate States from the United States.[4] When it was published in New Orleans, it was the first song published in the Confederate States since the Ordinance of Secession
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God_Save_the_South&oldid=732678008

 

[MaryDee]

"God Save the South"--written in 1861 as a national anthem, but of course never became as popular as "Dixie."
http://www.nationalanthems.info/csa.htm
Wikipedia article, "God Save the South"

 

[57th Indiana Infantry]

"God Save The South"