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'Barbara Frietchie's Defiance', (1878). Creator: Albert Bobbett.
'Barbara Frietchie's Defiance', (1878). Incident during the American Civil War: elderly Unionist Barbara Fritchie pleads with an occupying Confederate general to 'Shoot if you must this old gray head, but spare your country's flag'. Fritchie (1766-1862) died three months after the alleged incident. From Our Country: a Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Volume 3, by Benson J. Lossing. [Johnson Miles, New York, 1878]
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