Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton is among the most honored women ... Barton was in Washington in early 1861 when the Civil War began. One of the first volunteers at the city's infirmary, she ...

History Detective host Eduardo Pagán consults a Clara Barton biographer, a civil war prison historian, and a Pennsylvania genealogist to determine whether an 1866 letter about the death of a ...

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Clara Barton was born in Oxford in 1821 ... to later work in government offices. The American Civil War broke out while Barton was living in D.C. and she took action to help wounded soldiers.

It was Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, who said, “You must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.” If you purchase a product or register for an account ...

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The City of Milton declared March as Red Cross month at the Milton City Council meeting on March 11. The American Red Cross, founded more than 140 years ago by Civil War nurse Clara Barton, ...