Clara Barton Research Paper

The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina when the Confederate troops attacked Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. The war lasted until April 9, 1865. With the war came hard times on the home front. Women played an important role both on the battlefield and the home front. They cooked, sewed, made uniforms, blankets, and sandbags, wrote letters to soldiers, and served as nurses. I would like you to tell you about a very famous women who served as a nurse on the union side. Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in Oxford , MA. to CAPT. Steven Barton and Sarah Stone Barton. Clara was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton. She first became interested in helping others when she was 11 years old in 1833, when her brother, David fell through the rafters of a barn and was seriously injured. Clara …show more content…
During the beginning of the Civil War, she gave out supplies and in December 1861, she found herself in the middle of battle in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Serving as a nurse, she took care of soldiers on both the Confederate and Union side. Clara was exposed to many dangers of war. On December 11, 1862 while helping a physician, a bullet ripped through a Union officers coat tail and her skirt, as he helped her step down from a pontoon boat. Neither one of them were hurt.
The bloodiest part of the Fredericksburg battle was the December 13. According to Clara’s diary she was working at a location known as the Lacy House. While watching the battle Clara observed a soldier get hit by an exploding shell. The fragment severed the soldier’s artery. She saved the soldier’s life by using a tourniquet to stop the heavy bleeding. She became known as “The Angel of the Battlefield.” Clara Barton served in many different battles such as, the battle at Fairfax Station, Chantilly, Harpers Ferry, South Mountain, Antietam, Charleston, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, and of course