Good news. I was looking again at that face on the Johnny Horton site I linked to, and at the pictures of him with Johnny Cash who was a mate of his, and that racist shit of "Johnny Rebel" just didn't seem to match up with the man who wrote "Johnny Reb", with its note of respect towards Abraham Lincoln and all.

From the search returns I obtained, I can see how the error crept in. I'm glad its cleared up now.