American Civil War - Rebel in the Woods

The background tune is the music to the following song, "Rebel in the Woods", written by a anonymous Confederate Guerilla in North Missouri to his friend condemned to die in a St. Louis prison. The song was found from a St. Louis newspaper clipping dating back to around 1863. The phrase "my jacket so bleue" may appear that the writer was a Union soldier, but this is not the case since in Missouri, rebels frequently wore the clothes removed from their victims.