Clara+Barton-+a+19th+century+american+hero+by+mrshappy

  I think a hero starts off with your opinion. If you think a parent is a hero to you then they are a hero to you. Also a hero could be well known by many people because they did something that will change history. 1. intro to hero's acomplicments: In 1862 she got a pass from by General William to ride in a army ambulance to help wounded soldiers, nurse them back to health, and bring supplies to them during the battle of  [|Bull Run]. In 1865 [|Abraham Lincoln] put her in charge to help find missing Union Army men. She found 30,000 men while doing this. When the war ended she went to Andersonville, Georgia to mark graves of Union Soldiers. Her work started a nationwide campain to identify all the missing Union soldiers from the Civil War. After her trip to Europe she went to the United States Goverment to start the Committee for the Red Cross. When she started it in 1873 America thought they would never see anything like the Civil War again. 2. Put hero’s life into perspective:     She lived between 1821-1912 in Massachuetts, she helped the soldiers during the Civil War and started the [|American Red Cross]. She was trying to help the soldiers and the Anericans after the war. She did this because she is a hero. She helped by teking care of wounded soldiers, finding missing soldiers, and starting the American Red Cross. This is important because if she didn't do all the amazing things we would be missing more soldiers and we wouldn't have the Red Cross today. 3. Anyone could look at Clara's life and say she is a hero. I think she is a hero because she helped wounded soldiers. She went and found 30,000 missing Union soldiers, and she started the American Red Cross that everyone still knows today. When the Civil War started their were many soldiers getting wounded here and there. When they were setting supplies to the Union army,General William gave Clara Barton a pass to come and help them with the wounded soldiers. She nursed the soldiers back to health. Eventually in 1862 she got permission to work behind the lines reaching some of the grimmest batlefields. Benjamin Butler, a Union general, appionted her as "the lady in charge" of all of the hospitals. In 1865 Abe declared Clara in charge of finding all of the Union soldiers. While she looked for the missing soldiersshe found 30,000 men. After the war ended she went to Georgia to mark any unmarked Union soldiers' graves. Her work that she did in Georgia was pionted out in a book called "Number All The Bones" by Ann Rinaldi. This launched her nationwide campain to find all missing soldiers. She put names in newspapers and excahnged letters with soldiers' families. In 1870 after helping for a while her docotros decided to send her to Europe for a vacation for a while. WHile there she became involved with the [|International Committee of the Red Cross]. In 1863 after her return to America she started the American Red Cross, which made people think their would never be a clamity like the Civil War again. Then James Garfield thought of the idea that the American Red Cross could respond to more than just war. When Barton expanded the idea that the American Red Cross could respond to any natural disaster, it gave the United States the "Good Samaritan of nations" ladel.

4. //**Clara Barton's legacy would probably be that she was a great nurse and started the AMerican Red Cross.**// 5. I think if Clara was here today she would say that since we can't get the soldiers out of Iraq we should go and start to heal them and bring them get anything that they want. If they want to see their family for a while, then we should ship some of them in a group at a time and let them see their family for a while, just like we are doing now. She would also say that we should try to get them out of Iraq for good too.

[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton

Quote I got ... "I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it." http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?vrsn=149&OP=contains&locID=s1480&srchtp=name&ca=1&c=6&AI=U13685247&NA=CLara+Barton&ste=12&tbst=prp&tab=1&docNum=K1607000021&bConts=59

