After The Battle Of Cedar Mountain, Clara Barton Took On Her First Field Assignment

To end the list of facts about the battle of Cedar Mountain, Toplist would mention a fact about Clara Barton. The American Red Cross is credited as being established by American nurse Clarissa Harlowe Barton, who lived from December 25, 1821, to April 12, 1912. During the American Civil War, she held jobs as a teacher, a patent clerk, and a hospital nurse. Because nursing education was not very institutionalized at the time and she did not attend nursing school, she delivered self-taught nursing care. Before women were given the ability to vote, Barton gained notoriety for her advocacy on behalf of civil rights and humanitarian causes. She was accepted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.

The American Red Cross's founder and lone Civil War nurse, Clara Barton, is best known for these roles. She kept a house in Washington, DC, but traveled with the Union Army, giving aid and comfort to the injured on other battlefields. It is impossible to emphasize the importance of the job she did both during and right after the war. After Bull Run in 1861, the future "Angel of the Battlefield" took it upon herself to care for injured men in Washington, D.C., and on the battlefield, but she didn't get the go-ahead from the U.S. Army until August 3, 1862. After she arrived on August 13 and six days later Cedar Mountain exploded, Barton spent two days and nights on the battlefield caring for the wounded, including Confederate prisoners.