Clara Barton
Clara Barton
Clara Barton (1821–1912) was an American teacher, nurse and humanitarian who founded the American Red Cross. Born in Oxford, Massachusetts, she began teaching as a teenager, opened a free public school in New Jersey, and later worked as a clerk at the U.S. Patent Office. When the Civil War began, she collected and delivered supplies for wounded soldiers and soon brought aid and care directly to the battlefields, earning the name "Angel of the Battlefield." After the war she led an effort to identify missing soldiers and inform their families. In Europe she came to know the International Red Cross, and in 1881 she founded the American Red Cross, leading it for more than twenty years and directing relief after disasters such as the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Her compassion and courage remain a model of humanitarian service.
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The American Civil War
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), President Abraham Lincoln led the Union and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Ulysses S. Grant rose to command the Union armies, while Robert E. Lee led the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia until his surrender at Appomattox in 1865. Harriet Tubman served the Union as a scout and nurse, and Clara Barton cared for wounded soldiers before founding the American Red Cross.
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