"[3] Hell on the Wabash appeared again in 1862, as a fife and drum duet in The Drummer’s and Fifer’s Guide by Emmett and George Barrett Bruce.
[1] The name was printed "H--LL on the Wabash," a possible reference to the 1779 Siege of Fort Vincennes, the 1791 destruction of the U.S. Army at St. Clair's defeat, or the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe.
'[4] The phrase was used to describe heated political tensions in the 1876 governor's race between James D. Williams and Benjamin Harrison.
[1] Frederick Fennell included Hell on the Wabash in his 1956 collection The Drummer's Heritage,[10] as well as his 1959 album The Spirit of '76.
[11] In recent years, the tune has been associated with the United States Civil War era Iron Brigade, due to its use in the 1993 film Gettysburg.