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Barbara Frietchie Legend Examined in Frederick Narrative
The piece analyzes the Barbara Frietchie tale linking Union loyalist Dame Barbara Fritchie to a September 1862 Confederate march through Frederick Maryland. It traces sources from Whittier Southworth and eye witness accounts, noting corrections to the popular legend and Whittier’s poem origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Barbara Frietchie
States
Dame Barbara
Fritchie
Frietchie
Freitchie
Lancaster
Niclaus
Catherine Zeiler Hauer
Germany
Pennsylvania
Barbara
Barbara Gamber
Catherine
Jacob
Barbara Hauer
George Washington
Washington
John Casper Fritchie
Harriet Yoner
Triers
Maryland
Frederick Junction
Frank Myers
A. E. Burnside
McClellan
Jesse Lee Reno
Stonewall” Jackson
Catherine Ebert
Miss Abbott
Valerius Ebert
Whittier
Ramsberg
Washington, D. C
Southworth
Georgetown
D. C
Amesbury
Mass
Lee
Barbara Fritchie
The
Atlantic Monthly
Ately
Dorothea Dix
Century Magazine
John Brown