Barbara Fritchie

Barbara Fritchie
Fritchie in 1862
Born	December 3, 1766 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Died	December 18, 1862 Frederick, Maryland
Known for	Becoming a Unionist folk hero during the Civil War
Spouse	John 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.