. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . CLARA BARTON—A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH BY BRADY Before the Civil War was over, Clara Bartons name had come to mean mercy ami help for the woundedin war and peace alike. In the C\\\l War she took part in the relief work on the battlefields, describedat length in the last chapter of this volume, and organized the search tor missing men, for the carrymgon of which Congress voted $15,000. She was active throughout the Franco-Prussian War, in the adop-tion of the Treaty of Gen
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . CLARA BARTON—A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH BY BRADY Before the Civil War was over, Clara Bartons name had come to mean mercy ami help for the woundedin war and peace alike. In the C\\\l War she took part in the relief work on the battlefields, describedat length in the last chapter of this volume, and organized the search tor missing men, for the carrymgon of which Congress voted $15,000. She was active throughout the Franco-Prussian War, in the adop-tion of the Treaty of Geneva, in the founding of the National Red Cross in the Tnited States, and inthe Spanish-American War. Even later, in spite of advancing years, she appeared as a rescuing angel,bringing practical aid with sympathy to sufferers from the calamities of fire, flood, and fanune. [n-22]
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