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- "Good Bye! Old Glory," 1865 - The American Civil War finally ended in 1865. In September lyricist Lewis Bates and composer George F. Root produced the song "Good Bye! Old Glory" as a Union soldier's farewell to army life. In the lyrics, the victorious soldier says good-bye to marching and fighting, bids a "fond adieu" to hardtack and then doffs his army blue.
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"Good Bye! Old Glory," 1865
The American Civil War finally ended in 1865. In September lyricist Lewis Bates and composer George F. Root produced the song "Good Bye! Old Glory" as a Union soldier's farewell to army life. In the lyrics, the victorious soldier says good-bye to marching and fighting, bids a "fond adieu" to hardtack and then doffs his army blue.