Episode 9 ~ Yellow Rose of Texas

The composer of this popular minstrel song is only identified as “J. K.” The sheet music was first published in 1858 by Firth Pond and Co. of New York. During the War Between the States the song gained widespread popularity with Southern soldiers. It was the favorite marching song of General John Bell Hood’s Texas Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia. In 1864 General Hood was promoted to command the Army of Tennessee. After the disastrous battles of Franklin and Nashville, the remnants of Hood’s Army limped back to Georgia to their former commander General “Uncle Joe” Johnston. During this march the troops added a verse to the song summing up their recent campaign ordeals.

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