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DID YOU KNOW? -------------------- THE SONG "THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG" WAS BORROWED FROM THE OLD SONG "THE IRISH JAUNTING CAR." THE SONG IS HEARD TODAY FOR GEORGIA TECH'S FIGHT SONG. -------------------- BANDSMEN HAD INPORTANT DUTIES OTHER THAN FOR PLAYING FOR PARADES AND SERENADING THE TROOPS. THEY SERVED AS STRECHER-BEARERS AND ASSISTED SURGEONS WITH AMPUTATIONS AND OTHER SURGERIES IN FIELD HOSPITALS. -------------------- THE 3D CONFEDERATE NATIONAL FLAG, WHICH WAS A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE 2D WITH A VERTICAL RED BAR ADDED ON THE OUTSIDE, SAW LITTLE SERVICE BECAUSE THE WAR ENDED SO SOON AFTER ITS ADOPTION. -------------------- BELIEVING HIS LEFT ARM WAS HEAVIER THAN HIS RIGHT, "STONEWALL" JACKSON OFTEN KEPT IT RAISED SO THAT THE BLOOD WOULD FLOW OUT AND MAKE IT LIGHTER -------------------- THE RECORD FOR BOUNTY JUMPING WAS HELD BY JOHN O'CONNOR. HE ADMITTED ENLISTING AND JUMPING 32 TIMES BEFORE BEING CAUGHT; HE RECIEVED A 4 YEAR PRISION TERM. -------------------- DURING THE BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFF, CAPTURED UNION SOLDIERS INCLUDED A GRANDSON OF PAUL REVERE, A SON OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, AND A NEPHEW OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. -------------------- DURING HER LIFETIME, THE CSS ALABAMA NEVER ENTERED A SINGLE CONFEDERATE PORT. -------------------- IRONICALLY, THE FIRST CIVILIAN KILLED BY JOHN BROWN'S RAIDERS AT HARPERS FERRY WAS A FREE BLACK MAN. -------------------- DURING GETTYSBURG, THE ARTILLERY EXCHANGE PRECEDING PICKETT'S CHARGE WAS HEARD 140 MILES AWAY IN PITTSBURGH, MAKING IT ONE OF THE LOUDEST NOISES ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT UP TO THAT TIME. --------------------