A rare collaboration of poetry, legend and fact. Graphic illustrations punctuate Whittier's irresistibly quotable rhythms. Maps and biographical, military, and historical notes are included. In Frederick, Maryland, 1862, just before the Battle of Antietam, the Confederate Army supposedly marched by the house of elderly Barbara Freitchie. The Union sympathizer waved the flag to Gen. Stonewall Jackson's displeasure. The Whittier poem is ably illustrated for schoolchildren by Nancy Winslow Parker.
