Clara Barton Accomplishments

1. In what ways did Clara Barton help during the Civil War? What roles did she play?

Out of the nearly 15,000 wounded soldiers, three out of five survived their wounds -- in an attempt to help the wounded men Clara would jot down the names of the soldiers, making sure that she knew where the body was to be sent should he not survive. Clara ended up finding and sending home nearly 2,000 soldiers.

Many soldiers died in the civil war about 620,000 men died she saved most of these men.

Clara Barton was a nurse in the Civil War and helped take care of soldiers, whether they were on the field or not. She brought her own supplies to help the soldiers. She brought food and bedding supplies. Barton also helped the soldiers in hospitals and the confederate soldiers in jail, as well. Clara Barton impacted the health of soldiers on and off the field.

Barton made a difference in the soldiers’ lives. Now that the army soldiers knew Ms. Barton well they invited Ms. Barton for the Antietam battle. When Clara came she saw that the soldier had moved into an old farmhouse for field hospital. Due to power loss, performing surgery was quite impossible because of that many members died overnight. Clara and doctor gathered lanterns along with the kerosene which was enough for at least three days. Doctor was thrilled by the action of the Clara and this now she was the nurse for the sergeant. She would assist the doctor with any possible way to give patient comfort and relive for the pain. And for that she would hold big blanket over the top the patient and if the celling plaster falls its on the blanket and she would throw away. One of the men said they have not worked with women before and so they were ashamed of their behavior and he apologized on behalf of the crew, promising to do as she said since they gave her a hard time at first. Still Clara shook hand and said thank you for their

Her passion to get out on the battlefield most likely started from caring for her brother at the age of 11 (Bio, N/D). In 1862, Barton became an independent nurse while helping in Fredericksburg, Virginia (Bio, N/D). Clara Barton would help the wounded soldiers from the battles. Also, throughout the war she was at all of the important battles in Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina (NWHM, N/D). She didn’t neglect her duties no matter how tough the war became. Even until the end of the war Clara Barton offered her services. At the end, Barton helped find missing soldiers, and marked a numerous amount of grave sites (NWHM,

Clarissa “Clara” Harlowe Barton was born in Oxford, Massachusetts on December 25, 1821. Clara’s father, Captain Steven Barton, was a government official and a captain of the local army. He enjoyed educating Clara on the ways of the military. He taught her about the importance of keeping the troops supplied with weaponry, clothing, food, and medical necessities. He also taught her

She commonly wrote home to families that reported their men missing. The number of letters she was writing continued to increase towards the end of the war and she realized another human need that she could fulfill. She established the Office of Correspondence with Friends of the Missing Men of the United States Army in order to structurally uncover missing men from the troops and to inform their families. Barton was given rooms in Washington, D.C. to operate out of with her volunteers. President Abraham Lincoln wrote: “To the Friends of Missing Persons: Miss Clara Barton has kindly offered to search for the missing prisoners of war. Please address her . . . giving her the name, regiment, and company of any missing prisoner” (The American Red Cross). She went on to run this operation for four years and in total answered over 63,000 letters and identified over 22,000 missing men. Barton played another honorable role in the Civil War when she helped a team of military men identify the graves of around13,000 men who had died in the notorious Andersonville Prison in Georgia and established a national cemetery around them (The American Red Cross). She personally helped raise the United Sates flag over the grounds in 1865 during the official dedication. A defining aspect of Clara Barton’s life that led her to accomplish numerous acts of pure kindness was her inability to remain satisfied when she knew there was more that could be done. She continued to perform various volunteer jobs but decided to vacation to Europe in 1869 for personal time. Instead of rest, she found new, improved ways to make a difference in people’s lives. Barton was exposed to the Red Cross that was in place in Switzerland and was very interested in the work that they did. She became educated about Henry Dunant, the Red Cross founder and his mission for the

Barton gave up her job at the beginning of the Civil War to join the war effort because she was upset by the suffering of wounded soldiers. At first, she wasn’t allowed to travel to the battlefield since the Union Army thought it was too dangerous and dirty for a woman, but she insisted until they gave in (Buckley and Burt 1). At the battle of Antietam, Barton stopped to attend to a wounded soldier when suddenly she felt a jerk on her sleeve. She looked down and the soldier was dead; a bullet had passed right by her. Yet, this did not stop her...

People like Clara Barton and William A. Hammond played a strong part in the medical field during the Civil War. Clara Barton, a humanitarian and founder of the American Red Cross, cared for wounded and delivered a lot of medical supplies and administered relief at the Battle of Antietam in September of 1862. Every effort was made to prevent death by human error and ignorance through the development of organized and more advanced practices. William A. Hammond was a surgeon general and he standardized, organized and designed new hospital layouts and inspection systems. William also wrote the book on hygiene for the army (Dixon np).

She later got caught and was later put into prison in 1864 by confederate troops and taken into prison. Along with Mary Edward walker, Clara Barton, was an Army nurse. Clara was to serve help in curing injured men. She had a bad experience when she went to go cure a man, a bullet that killed the man she was helping was peireced threw her sleeve. She had been assisting him and tried to save him, but it was too late and he had died. Also these women made a legacy in life, Underground Railroad, being the first US army women surgeon, and the foundation of the American Red Cross. Mary Todd Lincoln, who was married to Abraham Lincoln. Although she was a lot different then the other important women in the civil war, she was just as important. She was the wife of the president during the war. Although she did not exactly fight or become a nurse of the war, she still had to take care of her family and all of Abraham’s stressful days. She had to mend to her children’s needs while Abraham was out making sure the troops in the war were in the right standings. When 1865 came around it was a terrible year for her, her family and her heart were crushed. Her loved one was assassinated, and her family and herself had no idea how to handle it. Being that she was the presidents wife, she was still important to make a legacy. Showed that women are strong enough to handle stress, children, and deaths in their family to be strong for

She is best known for her work with anti-slavery. After escaping for freedom in 1826, she worked and worked to make a change. (civilwar.com) When the Civil War hit America, she did all she could to help. She gathered things for black troops such as collecting food and clothing for them (history.com). She met Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, in 1864.

Harriet Tubman is well known for a successful role in freeing many slaves through the Underground Railroad. Not many know the major effect she had on the Union Army as a Scout and a spy during the Civil War. Her bravery while helping slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and her assistance in gathering Confederate troops intelligence as a spy changed the history and made a great impact on the on the United States National Defense. Even though Harriet Tubman was a very skillful spy, she had many indicators that were missed while she was spied for intelligence and reported the material which were compromised to her handler.

years. Clara then realized she needed a change and decided to open up her own

Out of all her achievements, Harriet Tubman nursing in the Massachusetts 54th regiment was the most impressive out of all her achievements such were saving slaves from slavery, spying during the civil war, care giving, and nursing. Without those achievements Harriet is now known as one of the best women to ever live. Without her the world would be a different