When was clara barton

Lucky for Clara, she had a great boss who defended her and refused to dismiss her due to hearsay. Instead, he saw her talents and drive, and is believed to pay Clara Barton the same wage as a man. However, when her boss changes, she is demoted to a copyist.

Although Clara had a supportive boss, there were many men in the government who were opposed to women working in their midst. Secretary of the Interior Robert McClelland demoted Clara to a copyist who only earned 10 cents per every words copied. In the interim, she helped out in the homes of her friends and family members. Clara was never meant to be a homebody. She was miserable. She, however, would never return to the position of clerk and the equal salary she enjoyed.

She moved into a boarding house on 7 th Street, two blocks from the Patent Office. Today, that boarding house is our museum.

No one ever said was an uneventful year in the United States. Union troops flooded into Washington, DC. The 6 th Massachusetts Infantry was among these troops. While switching trains and train stations in Baltimore, the regiment was attacked by a mob of Confederate sympathizers. Others jeered at the soldiers, with pistols and muskets in their hand. Then someone fired a shot, which led to more shots and more stone throwing from both sides. Finally the police arrived and put an end to the violence.

The police escorted the soldiers to Camden Street station and their train to Washington. The Baltimore Riot resulted in the first casualties of the Civil War. Eight of the Confederate sympathizers were killed, along with three soldiers, and one innocent bystander.

Twenty-four soldiers were wounded. The news of the riot arrived in Washington before the train did. Clara, along with many other women, were at the station to meet the train. When the soldiers emerged, Clara discovered they were her old friends, school mates, and students from Massachusetts. She sprung into action, organizing who should go where for treatment and rest.

In the following days, more and more soldiers arrived in Washington. Only the day before, her wagon had been mired near the back of the army's massive supply line. Prodded by Barton, her teamsters drove the mules all night to get closer to the front of the line. Within a few days after the battle, the Confederates had retreated and wagons of extra medical supplies were rolling into Sharpsburg, MD.

Barton collapsed from lack of sleep and a budding case of typhoid fever. She returned to Washington lying in a wagon, exhausted and delirious. She soon regained her strength and returned to the battlefields of the Civil War.

On July 14, she moved from Hilton Head Island to Morris Island to tend the growing number of sick and wounded soldiers - a list that greatly increased after the failed Union assault on Battery Wagner on July 18, Later in the Morris Island campaign, Barton passed out fresh food and mail to the men in the trenches.

Because of her exposure to the terrible, unsanitary conditions endured by the soldiers, she herself became gravely ill and was evacuated to Hilton Head. She later wrote of the largely forgotten campaign:. The thousand little sand-hills that in the pale moonlight are a thousand headstones, and the restless ocean waves that roll and breakup on the whitened beach sing an eternal requiem to the toll-worn gallant dead who sleep beside. In , she was appointed by Maj.

Benjamin Butler as the "lady in charge" of the hospitals of the Army of the James. After leaving the Red Cross, Clara Barton remained active, giving speeches and lectures. She also wrote a book entitled The Story of My Childhood , which was published in Barton died at her home in Glen Echo, Maryland, on April 12, We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.

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