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Barbara Frietchie Legend Faces Call For Facts
A Civil War era chronicle revisits the Barbara Frietchie story in Frederick Maryland. It traces her loyal Union stance and flag waving against Confederate troops led by Stonewall Jackson while noting conflicting accounts and Whittier's poem claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Thomas J. Jackson
Bull Run
Stonewall” Jackson
Barbara Frietchie
Deme
Barbara
Fritchie
Frietchie
Freitchie
Lancaster
Niclaus
Catherine Zeller Haver
Barbara Gamber
Catherine
Jacob
Frederick, Md
Barbara Hauer
George Washington
Washington
Barbara Hauver
John Casper Fritchie
Dame Barbera
Kitty
Cesteline
Maryland
Frederick Junction
Jackson
West Second Street
Dr. Ross
Granny
Dame Barbara
Fretchie
Eleanor D. Abbott
Frank Myers
A. E. Burnside
McClellan
Jesse Lee Reno
Reno
South Mountain
Boston
Massachusetts
Loyal Legion of the United Penta A
Miss Abbott
Catherine Ebert
Valerius Ebert
Whittier
Ramsberg
Washington, D.C
Southworth
Georgetown
D. C
Amesbury
Mass
The
Dorothea Dix
Century Magazine
John Brown
Olivet
Whittier’s
Julia H. Abbott