Clara Barton was born on Christmas day in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She was youngest of 5 children. When Clara was 11 her brother David became her first patient when he fell from a rafter in their unfinished barn. Clara stayed by his side for two years and learned how to administer all his medicines. In April 1862, after the First Battle of Bull Run, Barton established an agency to obtain and distribute supplies to wounded soldiers. In 1864 she was appointed by Union General Benjamin Franklin Butler as the "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front of the Army of the James. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln placed Barton in charge of the search for the missing men of the Union Army. Around this time, a young soldier named Dorence Atwater came to her door and explained how he had copied the list of people that had died from the war. He stole the list because he was afraid that the dead's families would never find out what happened. It was his intention to publish the list. Together Atwater and Barton accomplished this list of nearly 13,000 men. It was later named “The Atwater List”. Because of the work they did they became to be known as "The Angel of Andersonville". Her work in Andersonville is displayed in the book, Numbering All the Bones, by Ann Rinaldi. Barton became more recognized by delivering lectures around the country about her war experiences. She met Susan B. Anthony and began a long association with the suffrage movement. Her years of toiling during the Civil War and her work searching for missing soldiers caught up to Barton's health. In 1868, her doctors recommended a restful trip to Europe. In 1870, while overseas, she became involved with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its humanitarian work during the Franco-Prussian War. When Clara Barton returned to the United States, she started a movement to gain recognition for the International Committee of the Red Cross by the United States government. Barton naturally became president of the American branch of the society, which was founded on May 21, 1881 in Dansville, NY. In 1896, responding to the humanitarian crisis in the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of the Hamidian Massacres, Barton sailed to Istanbul and opened the first American International Red Cross headquarters in Beijing,China. Barton resigned as president of the American branch of the society in 1904, at the age of 83. Clara Barton died on April 12, 1912 at age 91.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Clara Barton
Clara Barton was born on Christmas day in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She was youngest of 5 children. When Clara was 11 her brother David became her first patient when he fell from a rafter in their unfinished barn. Clara stayed by his side for two years and learned how to administer all his medicines. In April 1862, after the First Battle of Bull Run, Barton established an agency to obtain and distribute supplies to wounded soldiers. In 1864 she was appointed by Union General Benjamin Franklin Butler as the "lady in charge" of the hospitals at the front of the Army of the James. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln placed Barton in charge of the search for the missing men of the Union Army. Around this time, a young soldier named Dorence Atwater came to her door and explained how he had copied the list of people that had died from the war. He stole the list because he was afraid that the dead's families would never find out what happened. It was his intention to publish the list. Together Atwater and Barton accomplished this list of nearly 13,000 men. It was later named “The Atwater List”. Because of the work they did they became to be known as "The Angel of Andersonville". Her work in Andersonville is displayed in the book, Numbering All the Bones, by Ann Rinaldi. Barton became more recognized by delivering lectures around the country about her war experiences. She met Susan B. Anthony and began a long association with the suffrage movement. Her years of toiling during the Civil War and her work searching for missing soldiers caught up to Barton's health. In 1868, her doctors recommended a restful trip to Europe. In 1870, while overseas, she became involved with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its humanitarian work during the Franco-Prussian War. When Clara Barton returned to the United States, she started a movement to gain recognition for the International Committee of the Red Cross by the United States government. Barton naturally became president of the American branch of the society, which was founded on May 21, 1881 in Dansville, NY. In 1896, responding to the humanitarian crisis in the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of the Hamidian Massacres, Barton sailed to Istanbul and opened the first American International Red Cross headquarters in Beijing,China. Barton resigned as president of the American branch of the society in 1904, at the age of 83. Clara Barton died on April 12, 1912 at age 91.
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