Clara Barton: Nurse In The Civil War

From 1861 to 1865, “between 2,000 to 5,000 women” volunteered to serve as nurses in military hospitals during the Civil War. Nurses from all over came to lend a hand during this devastating time. Clara Barton, Annie Etheridge, Dorothea Dix, Susie King Taylor, and Helen Gilson were just a few of the many nurses who volunteer their services to the war effort. Women wanted to be involved and help out as much as they could. Most women did not want to be at home - doing their traditional domestic work. Many women thought that helping out during the Civil War as nurses was an addition to doing their home duties. Women also believed that working as a nurse helping soldiers during the war would make a difference in how people viewed them. Being a

One of the first nurses to see battle injuries was Ms. Fannie Beers who described the arrival of the first 200 soldiers at a makeshift hospital “they came with some form of disease whether on foot or stretcher, barefoot or on swollen feet”. (12) The battlefront hospitals were only that of open area sites with conditions anything but sanitary, with blood, human waste and amputated limbs covering the ground. The first battle women encountered was with their selves. Only their strong religious faith steeled them against sickening sights of disease and infection. These nurses learned to rein in their feelings and believed patients redemption hallowed their work.

A few days before the Battle of Antietam, Clara learned where the fighting would be. She left Washington with a string of mules and a wagon with four men escorting her. The cart was pilled high with supplies. She caught up with some of the wounded and gave them bread she had bought on the way. She knew she was on a battlefield as her wagon rolled over the dead. While they were stopped, she noticed that in the army supply wagons, the ammunition came first, then food, then medical supplies. That night she made her party get up at one in the morning and take a short cut to get ahead of the army wagons. She followed the sound of the cannon as stray bullets flew over her head to make it to a hospital to help the wounded. Because she had left earlier than the armies supply wagons, she was able to make it, and

I chose Clara Barton because of the work that she did. I knew that women were involved in the Civil War but did not know to what extent. When the war broke out she volunteered at the Washington Infirmary. The text book stated that she was one of the first to volunteer. She won permission to nurse the wounded on the battle fields (“Clara Barton”, 2). She brought supplies on three wagons to the Battle of Antietam (2). She travelled with her wagons throughout the war helping the wounded Union soldiers and the Confederate prisoners. Most of the supplies were purchased through private donations and Barton’s own money (2). In 1880 she founded the American Red Cross after a trip in 1869 to Geneva, Switzerland as a

Clara Barton said, “Offering a hand up is not a hand out”. This means to help people through their problems until they are able to solve them on their own. Clara Barton is most known for establishing the American Red Cross. Although, her many helpful, selfless careers, personal life and family, childhood, and all of her amazing accomplishments throughout her life helped her become known as the Angel of the Battlefield and a well known women of war.

Barton and Sarah Barton. During the Civil War, Clara saw that they needed assistance with bringing the soldier’s food, water and medical supplies. Clara helped wounded soldiers in the Civil War and the Battle of Antietam. She became known as the “Angel of the Battle Field” because she rescued nearly every wounded soldier.

Have you ever wondered what it was like being a nurse on the battlefield? Well lots of women were nurses but only one made history.

When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton organized an agency for the federal soldiers wounded distribution of relief supplies, she was a fearless nurse, delivering food and bandages. She was a hero that we need to remember even today.

Clarissa “Clara” Barton was on born on December 25, 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts to Stephen and Sarah Barton. Barton’s father was a businessman and a community leader who fought in the French and Indian war. When Barton was younger, her father told her stories about war. When Barton was a bit older her brother David got an illness, but Barton nursed him back to health by using leeches and getting her own medicine. When Barton was young, she was shy and was sent to a private boarding school, but returned because of her shyness. Barton was also taught how to ride horseback.

Clara Barton was the first person who tried to do her best in order to establish the Red Cross in the United States. Though Clara was a one-time clerk in the U.S. Patent Office, she was nursing wounded troops

Knowing that the soldier had died and was not missing in action brought closure to the family. It keeps them from vainly hoping one day their soldier would come home. After becoming ill with Typhoid fever, she was asked to rest for a few

Clarissa Harlow “Clara” Barton was founder of American Red Cross, educator and nurse. She was born in Oxford, Massachusetts on December 25, 1821. She spent much of her time helping others, such as tending to her brother after he was involved in an accident. At the age of 15 she became a schoolteacher and later went to open a free public school in New Jersey. She later became a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in 1854 but lost the job two years later when the Democrats won the presidency. Throughout her life she was a teacher and helped people whenever the opportunity appeared.

Clara Barton was persistent and did not give up at the first sign of adversity. Clara Barton dedicated her life to the service of others and began her career as an educator. She opened the first free public school in the state of New Jersey, but despite her

Clarissa Harlowe Barton, or as many people know her by Clara Barton for short. Clarissa Barton was born December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. While living in Massachusetts Clarissa had four siblings named Sarah B., Dorthea B., David B., and Stephen B. But because of her sibling David,who got in an accident Clarissa was the one who nursed him back to health, this showed Clarissa her love of helping people and wanting to become a

Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy; thereby being named after the city where she was born. Her family was from England, and lived during the Victorian era. While touring Europe on their two-year long honeymoon, Nightingale was born. Her parents William Edward Nightingale and Frances Smith Nightingale were a very wealthy couple. Nightingale had a sister named Parthenope who was about a year older (Davis, 1999).