Barbara Fritchie

For the play based on this historical character, see Barbara Frietchie.

Barbara Fritchie
Fritchie in 1862
BornDecember 3, 1766
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 18, 1862
Frederick, Maryland
Known forBecoming a Unionist folk hero during the Civil War
SpouseJohn Casper Fritchie (m. 1806)

Barbara Fritchie (née Hauer; December 3, 1766 – December 18, 1862), also known as Barbara Frietchie, and sometimes spelled Frietschie,[1] was a Unionist during the Civil War. She became part of American folklore in part from a popular poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.

  1. ^ Quynn, Dorothy Mackay, and William Rogers Quynn: Barbara Frietschie. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1942, 45 pp.