[Sailor Steve]

http://www.civilwarhome.com/dixieorigin.htm
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/...xie/index.html
http://www.trivia-library.com/a/orig...dixie-land.htm
http://nativeground.com/articles/88-...ne-erbsen.html
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/songs/model.html

All internet sources are suspect up to a point, and the origin story itself is suspect, but one point is clear: The song was first played in public in New York on April 4, 1859, far predating your military versions.


Here's one just for you:
http://usads.ms11.net/dixie.html