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A stunning biography of Clara Barton—a woman who determined to serve her country during the Civil War—from acclaimed author Stephen B. Oates. When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a thirty-nine-year-old woman, who stood a slender five feet tall. Determined to serve, she became a veritable soldier, a nurse, and a one-woman relief agency operating in the heart of the conflict. Now, award-winning author Stephen B. Oates, drawing on archival materials not used by her previous biographers, has written the first complete account of Clara Barton's active engagement in the Civil War. By the summer of 1862, with no institutional affiliation or official government appointment, but impelled by a sense of duty and a need to heal, she made her way to the front lines and the heat of battle. Oates tells the dramatic story of this woman who gave the world a new definition of courage, supplying medical relief to the wounded at some of the most famous battles of the war—including Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Battery Wagner, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg. Under fire with only her will as a shiel
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Stephen B. Oates
- Publisher
- The Free Press, HarperCollins Distribution Services [distributor],. Trinity Books CC [distributor],. Jonathan Ball Publishers SA [distributor],. Simon & Schuster Ltd,Australia [distributor
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781439105368
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (140 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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