Harry McCarthy

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Harry McCarthy was born in 1861 in Brussels, Belgium, where he became a variety entertainer and comedian in the mid 18th century. In 1922 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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