She brought attention to the great need of disaster victims and streamlined many first aid, emergency preparedness and emergency response procedures still used by the American Red Cross.
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You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Matthew Brady portrait of Clara Barton. Camp life was often tedious and became even more monotonous during the long winter months.
Regiments were less transient and established fixed camps. These camps were unfortunately unhygienic and acted as breeding grounds for disease. Poor sanitation, bitter cold, and sickness were further compounded by the ever-present threat of boredom and restlessness. In order to combat this restlessness, soldiers pursued leisure activities that ranged from playing card games to engaging in snowball fights! When Christmas rolled around, some soldiers in camp mimicked traditions from home. For example, Alfred Bellard, a member of the 5th New Jersey, recounted that a small tree was put up in front of his tent and decorated with hard tack and pork!
In spite of such attempts at jollity, soldiers experienced Christmas in comparatively gloomy conditions. Although the holiday provided a reprieve from the monotony of life in a winter encampment, it caused soldiers to feel homesick for the families they had left behind. Clara Barton was often on the road throughout the Civil War. How did she spend Christmas away from home? In particular, how did she spend December ? The Battle of Fredericksburg, which was fought from December , , was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War and included nearly , combatants.
The armies fought in the streets of Fredericksburg itself. In response to the fighting, a dressing station was established at Chatham Manor, which was then known as Lacy House. Its owner, James Horace Lacy, was a plantation master and slaveholder who supported the South and left Chatham to serve the Confederacy.
The Union army subsequently occupied the manor and used it as a hospital. During the battle itself, the doctors did not keep medical records. Clara Barton, who was staying at the manor, kept a list of the men who died at Chatham and where they were laid to rest. She was the only volunteer female nurse and relief worker in Fredericksburg. Her efforts brought her into the thick of the action; according to her diary, the Lacy house itself was struck by a shot during the battle.
Five minutes time with you; and God only knows what those five minutes might be worth to the many-doomed thousands sleeping around me. It is the night before a battle. The moon is shining through the soft haze with a brightness almost prophetic. Sleep weary one, sleep and rest for tomorrow toil. Sleep and visit in dreams once more the loved ones nestling at home.
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