In Popular Culture
In the 1959 movie The Horse Soldiers, the chorus of the Bonnie Blue Flag is sung by a marching company of Rebel soldiers across the river from the Union troops.
In the 1966 movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the chorus of the Bonnie Blue Flag is sung by a drunken revellers as they drop off Maria at her home in Santa Anna.
The 1972 television series Appointment with Destiny made the error of portraying Union soldiers singing "The Bonnie Blue Flag."
In the 2003 movie Gods and Generals, the ode to the Bonnie Blue Flag is sung in front of the Confederate Army.
In a 2012 episode of the show Hell on Wheels entitled Viva La Mexico, the chorus of the song is sung by Confederate soldiers turned bandits.
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