Clara Barton distinguished herself before the outbreak of the US Civil War. She became the first woman to earn a salary from the US Government. She was a clerical worker at the US Patent Office in Washington DC. Prior to moving to Washington, she had lived in Massachusetts. She moved south for health reasons.As an aside, it was in Washington that she met accomplished US poet Walt Whitman.
battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg and battle of Fredricksburg.,
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Clara (Clarissa) Harlowe Barton
Clara Barton was a nurse for the Confederacy (South) :3
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she helped sodiers in the civil war
Clara Barton died at the age of 90 in 1912 - some 47 years after the Civil War ended.
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One of Clara Barton\'s accomplishments after the Civil War was starting the Red Cross.
Clara Barton Started the Red Cross and was one of the most important people in the Civil War Era.
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