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    Barbara Fritchie

    American patriot during the American Civil War

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      • Barbara Hauer Frietschie (born Dec. 3, 1766, Lancaster, Pa. [U.S.]—died Dec. 18, 1862, Frederick, Md.) was an American patriot whose purported act of defiant loyalty to the North during the American Civil War became a highly embellished legend and the subject of literary treatment. Barbara Hauer was the daughter of German immigrants.
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  2. Apr 24, 2024 · Barbara Hauer Frietschie (born Dec. 3, 1766, Lancaster, Pa. [U.S.]—died Dec. 18, 1862, Frederick, Md.) was an American patriot whose purported act of defiant loyalty to the North during the American Civil War became a highly embellished legend and the subject of literary treatment.

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  3. Barbara Frietchie. Green-walled by the hills of Maryland. Horse and foot, into Frederick town. Of noon looked down, and saw not one. To show that one heart was loyal yet. Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. He glanced: the old flag met his sight. “Halt!”— the dust-brown ranks stood fast. “Fire!”— out blazed the rifle-blast.

  4. HISTORY. Barbara Fritchie (1766–1862) is a central figure in the history of Frederick, Maryland. A Unionist during the Civil War, she is best known for her folkloric defiance in the face of Confederate troops. As the occupying rebel forces were marching out of Frederick in September 1862, Dame Fritchie, then 95, was said to have waved a Union ...

  5. American Civil War hero. Name variations: Barbara Fritchie. Pronunciation: Frich-ee. Born Barbara Hauer on December 3, 1766, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died at her home in Frederick, Maryland, on December 18, 1862; daughter of German immigrants; married John Frietschie.

  6. John Greenleaf Whittier’s patriotic ballad “Barbara Frietchie” is one of the most popular poems ever published in American literature. Whittier first heard about the incident described in ...

  7. THE POEM. An American poet and editor, John Greenleaf Whittie r penned the ballad of Barbara Fritchie in 1863 after hearing about the alleged exploit from a friend of his. He used a German variant of her name in the poem, spelling it Frietchie.

  8. Nov 23, 2011 · Explore. Culture. Barbara Frietchie. The classic poem mythologizing an old woman who flew her Union flag as the rebels marched past. By John Greenleaf Whittier. The Civil War Issue.

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