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Clara Barton's letters to Cousin Leander (Len), 1863-1864

: 1863-April

: 1864-January

: 1864-March

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Title: Clara Barton's letters to Cousin Leander (Len), 1863-1864
Creator: Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
Date Created: 1863/1864
Description: Barton, a nurse, tended to the wounded on the battlefields of the Civil War, eventually being put in charge of hospitals and of locating missing Union soldiers. After the war she became active in women's suffrage and civil rights movements and was instrumental in founding the American Red Cross.
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: War
Nursing
Nurses
Military hospitals
Military officers
Ships
Death
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Quartermasters
Subjects: Persons: Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Subject: Time: 1860-1870
Subject: Place: United States
Country: United States
State: South Carolina
District of Columbia
Town: Hilton Head
Washington
Archival Collection: Civil War, 1861-1865
Collection Identifier: MsL B2933le2
Collection Guide: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/resources/civilwarresources/
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/
Rights Management: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Contact Information: Contact the Special Collections Dept. at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
File name: index.cpd
Item Type (DCMI): Text
Item Type (AAT): Correspondence
Item Type (IMT): jpeg