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Birth
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born in North Oxford Massachusetts. -
The Dangerous Barn Roof
When Clara was 11 her brother David fell off a barn roof, for 2 years Clara gave him his medicine and took care of him. * -
Civil War
Clara wanted to join the war as a soldier but women weren't allowed, so Clara became a nurse. -
An operation
At the Battle of Antietam Clara performs her first operation with her penknife because all the other surgeons are busy. * -
Saved By A Lantern
At night at the Battle of Antietam 500 soldiers were expected to die but when Clara brought dozens of lanterns all 500 men were saved. -
Graves At Andersonville
After the war Clara met a man named Dorence Atwater. He kept a list of soldiers and their grave numbers at Andersonville Prison. She helped him mark 13,000 graves. * -
The Red Cross
Clara went to Geneva Switzerland and found out about the Red Cross and became a volunteer during the war of 1870 in Germany. * -
The American Red Cross
It took Clara Barton six years to convince the government to join the Red Cross. She founded the American Red Cross and she led it for 23 years -
Death
Sadly, at age 90 in Glen Echo Maryland the Angel of the Battlefield passed away.
