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Excerpt from Barbara Fritchie a Study
This brother, a well-known real-estate agent in Washington, was on intimate terms with Mrs. Southworth the novelist.
Mrs. Southworth was just recovering from a severe illness, and her friend told her the story as he heard it. The statement was informal. Nothing was known or said about Jackson's ordering his troops to fire. The troops fired; Barbara waved the ?ag which the firing threw down, reproaching the men for their disloyalty, and the stern voice of the general cried, March on!
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