Who is Julia Ward Howe from Flashman & the Angel of the Lord: From the Flashman Papers, 1858-59 and what is their importance? "Flashman_&_the_Angel_of_the_Lord:_From_the_Flashman_Papers

A historical character, Julia Ward Howe is the wife of abolitionist Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, one of the "Secret Six" who secretly fund John Brown. Julia Ward Howe's fame comes later with writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Narrator Harry Flashman meets her at John Brown's sixtieth birthday party and recalls her as "a spanking little red-head with a sharp eye" (pg. 213).