Imagine a young woman is helping a young soldier who had been shot in the arm, when she feels a bullet rip through her sleeve. That bullet kills the man she was providing first aid to. This is just one of the many experiences Clara Barton had during the Civil War. When Clara Barton volunteered to help some soldiers, she did not expect to become the “Angel of the Battlefield”. She had left teaching to work as a copyist. She ended up having a huge impact during the Civil War, where she nursed for many soldiers in many different battles. When the Civil War ended, she further helped soldier and their families by working the Missing Soldiers Office. And even after that, she founded the American branch of the Red Cross, which is still helping people
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After the end of the Civil War, Barton had her dairy, which was filled with much information about soldiers who had fought. When families began to wonder where their soldier was, she wrote back to them. Later, in March, President Abraham Lincoln made her the General Correspondent for the Friends of Paroled Prisoners. This title made it her job to find missing soldiers and respond to families who had been wondering where their soldier was. She later was able to make the Bureau of Records of Missing Men of the Armies of the United States, and even had 12 clerks working for her. Having this bureau allowed her to help a lot of people faster. Her team was able to respond to over 60,000 people who had wrote to them. What makes this number even greater is that almost all required research of some kind. By 1868, they were able to track down over 20,000 missing soldiers, but many were never found. In her final report to congress, she said,”it is now nearly four years since the cessation of active hostilities, and from the best information accessible to me I am led to believe that a large number, perhaps 40,000, once enlisted in our armies remain to this day unaccounted for. ...”. It would only be one year after her search for soldiers ended, that she would travel to Switzerland and hear about the Red Cross
After the end of the Civil War, Barton had her dairy, which was filled with much information about soldiers who had fought. When families began to wonder where their soldier was, she wrote back to them. Later, in March, President Abraham Lincoln made her the General Correspondent for the Friends of Paroled Prisoners. This title made it her job to find missing soldiers and respond to families who had been wondering where their soldier was. She later was able to make the Bureau of Records of Missing Men of the Armies of the United States, and even had 12 clerks working for her. Having this bureau allowed her to help a lot of people faster. Her team was able to respond to over 60,000 people who had wrote to them. What makes this number even greater is that almost all required research of some kind. By 1868, they were able to track down over 20,000 missing soldiers, but many were never found. In her final report to congress, she said,”it is now nearly four years since the cessation of active hostilities, and from the best information accessible to me I am led to believe that a large number, perhaps 40,000, once enlisted in our armies remain to this day unaccounted for. ...”. It would only be one year after her search for soldiers ended, that she would travel to Switzerland and hear about the Red Cross