Half a century before she founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had her first ... Civil War broke out in April 1861, Barton began nursing Union soldiers at an improvised camp inside the ...

and a Pennsylvania genealogist to determine whether an 1866 letter about the death of a Civil War soldier was actually written by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. In this lesson ...

Clara Barton was born in Oxford in 1821 ... out while Barton was living in D.C. and she took action to help wounded soldiers.

and a Pennsylvania genealogist to determine whether an 1866 letter about the death of a Civil War soldier was actually written by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. In this lesson ...