Clara Barton and Dorthea Dix were but two of the many nurses that worked to alleviate the sufferings of wounded soldiers during the US Civil War.
Barton is credited as being the founder of the American Red Cross, and Dix served as Superintendent of nurses during the war. Both were Union ladies but neither is said to have played favorites among those in need of their aid.
Another famous nurse was Mary "Mother" Byckerdyke. She also was a Union lady.
The most famous civil war nurse was Clara Barton. She founded the American Red Cross, and worked as a teacher, patent clerk, and humanitarian, in addition to her work as a nurse.
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Clara Barton formed the American Red Cross.
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Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the Civil War, she treated the wounded in the field. (nurse during the civil war)
being a nurse in the civil war
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The most famous civil war nurse was Clara Barton. She founded the American Red Cross, and worked as a teacher, patent clerk, and humanitarian, in addition to her work as a nurse.
Clara barton a young women started it soon after the war was over but she was a nurse during the civil war
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Clara barton. She went on to start the American red cross
Harriet Tubman was a nurse for the Union Army during the U.S. Civil war.