. Book of the Royal blue . ouse and congratulated the aged lady, andproposed three cheers for her and theyoung ladies, which were given with a the following day General Reno waskilled at the battle of South Mountain. This was the Barbara Frietchie flagincident. If there was a Confederate within.)0() yards of the house he was afraid toshow his face. The flag which waved and which the Union forcescheered is now in possession of Mrs. JohnAbbott at her home in Frederick. Thesacred old relic is carefully guarded andsacredly treasured with other relics whichbelonged to her grea
. Book of the Royal blue . ouse and congratulated the aged lady, andproposed three cheers for her and theyoung ladies, which were given with a the following day General Reno waskilled at the battle of South Mountain. This was the Barbara Frietchie flagincident. If there was a Confederate within.)0() yards of the house he was afraid toshow his face. The flag which waved and which the Union forcescheered is now in possession of Mrs. JohnAbbott at her home in Frederick. Thesacred old relic is carefully guarded andsacredly treasured with other relics whichbelonged to her great grand-aunt, BarbaraFrietchie. BarbaraFrietchiewas intensely Union,said an old and respected citizen of Fred-erick, who does not wish his name report which was circulated by somewho wished to detract from her fame thather husband was a southern sympathizer,had no foundation whatever for truth. Hewas a good man and pleasantly rememberedby many. Why it was even said that hewas executed for high treason and that the. Till: yl It ESI I EN< E.—PATRICK 18 MORE ABOUT BARBARA FRIETCUIE. records here would show this to be report came about 1 suppose from thefact that a man named Casper Frietchie, orFritchie, was sentenced with six others-Yost Pleaker, Adam Graves, Henry Shett,John Graves and Peter Sueman -to deathfor high treason, on July 25, 1781. Threeof the men, just which ones I can not nowsay, paid the penalty and the others werepardoned. The sentence was that theywere to be hanged, but to be cut downbefore death and their entrails taken andburned while they were yet alive. Whenthis was done they were to have their headscut off and their bodies divided into fourparts, and then they were to be placedtogether wherever the Governor shoulddesignate. It is my understanding thatthe sentences were carried out. This waswhat started that story about BarbaraFrietchies husband, but the fact that thishappened about eighty years before thetrou
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