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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 [Barbara Fietchie at the Great Central Fair]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02909 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 11 cm, Width: 7 cm Order a Copy

Barbara Frietchie gained fame for telling T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson to harm her rather than the Union flag at the time he entered Frederick, Maryland. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem in Nov. 1863 and it was printed with the carte to raise money for the war effort. The Great Central (Sanitary) Fair in Philadelphia opened in 1864. (Lincoln addressed the fair in 6/16/1864)

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