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News in Frederick, Maryland

17 Sep 1971

Page 10

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News

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Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1971

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10

Barbara Fritchie and Middletown Heroes in Civil War Echoes

The piece recounts Barbara Fritchie's legendary stand during the Antietam era as described by Rev. John W. Schilt and connected by Major General Jesse Reno's letters. It also highlights Nancy Crouse of Middletown and long, vivid reflections on General McClellan, Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart, and public support for the Union in Frederick and Middletown.

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Paul AL Haley Barbara Fritchie West Patrick Street Robert E. Lee John W. Schilt Frederick City Jesse L. Reno McClellan John Greenleaf Whittier Amesbury Massachusetts Julia Ward Howe Washington Frederick Whit Howe Merrimac America Boston Legion of Valour Frederick County Antietam Pastor Schilt Nancy Crouse Middletown Wesleyan Apartments Stonewall Jackson Jeb Stuart Barbara Stuart Alfred Pleasonton Fee Lee Pleasanton George A. Custer Philip Sheridan Five Forks Sheridan Petersburg Richmond Scast Ulysses &. Grant Appomatox Courthouse Pleasonton Maryland Abraham Lincoln Schilt George 4. Kimball Kimball Catoctin’s South Mountain Potomac Republic Army of the Potomac Virginia Sharpsburg Napoleon Tag Austerlitz General McClellan Jefferson Davis Ulysses S. Grant Baltimore Philadelphia New York City Alleghanies
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Antietam Anniversary Book Highlights Rev. Schilt's Antietam Study

Frederick native Rev. John W. Schilt, pastor of Chewsville United Methodist Church, authored September Kehaps and September Echoes on Antietam. The piece notes his decades of researching the battlefield, its history during South Mountain and Crampton's Gap, and his view that Antietam marked a turning point leading to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the birth of a new freedom.

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Antietam South Congress U.S Charles Mc.Mathias Jr J. Glenn Beall Jr Goodloe E. Byron Maryland John W. Schilt Chewsville United Frederick News-Post Battle of Frederick High School Burnside Bridge Robert E. Lee Army of the Potomac George B. McClellan National Cemetery Taylor Park Keedysville Frederick City Battle of Antietam Sharpsbury McClean Sted Northern Virginia Lee Potomac Virginia Confederacy South Mountain Crampton’s Gap Harvey H. Hill James B. Longstreet Sharpsburg North McClellan Shepherdstown Washington City Wull Antietsim Shepherdstown Ford Shenandoah Caneral Lee Maryhend Confederate States of America Shepherdstown Ferry Antieum Lew Douglas Southall Freeman the South Bruce Catton Lealings Sistes Frederick Appomatox Ulysses S. Grant Itor Sehilt South Ink Crimpton's Gap Perry Jackson McLaws Marykind Heights Abraham Lincoln Schilt Lincoln England France Richmond Chewsville Gettysburg News - Post Antietam Creek Chiva Barton Middletown Valley Hagerstown American Red Cross Mother of All Humanity Uas
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The Ballad Of Nancy Crouse

Poem recounting Nancy Crouse defending an 1861 flag spectacle in Middletown as Stonewall's troops threaten the banner. The village maid stands defiant, wraps the flag around her, and urges the rebels to spare it. The poem links her act to a broader Civil War memory and honors her courage.

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Nancy Crouse Catoctin Glen David Yas Stonewall Middletown Monor Maryland Nancy
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Notable Civil War Veterans Seek Lincoln at Fort Stevens

The text recalls Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley wounded near Middletown and Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes fighting at Monocacy. It describes their rescue, the Lincoln encounter on fortifications, and a quip about obeying orders. The piece notes Holmes family connections and a newspaper editor father, with vivid recollections from the era.

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United States Rutherford B. Hayes Willam McKinley Ohio South Mountain Atlantic Monthly Frederick Middletown Valley Holmes Jubal Burly Lew Wallace the Monocacy Mort Stevens Washington Abraham Lincoln Supreme Court President Lineal Fort Stevens Iva Vers Moek Varie Olver Stocratot
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