From the September 13th WJZ 13 CBS station.
The house, located in Frederick, Maryland, is now on the market for $185,000.
The two-story, red brick house is a replica of where the 90-something widow defiantly waved a US flag at Confederates under Stonewall Jackson in 1862 during the Antietam campaign.
Poet John Greenleaf Whittier came across the story and wrote a poem about it.
"Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country's flag," were her words according to the poem.
However, the incident was never documented and was based on several incidents Whittier had heard about.
Well, You Own History, Or Maybe Not. --B-R'er
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