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Near Sharpsburg in Washington County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Clara Barton

 
 
Clara Barton Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, February 9, 2008
1. Clara Barton Monument
Inscription.
During the Battle of Antietam
September 17, 1862
Clara Barton brought supplies
and nursing aid to the wounded
on this battlefield.
The act of love and mercy
led to the birth of the present
American
National Red Cross


Additional marker:
This symbolic red cross has been made from a brick from the chimney of the home where Clara Barton was born at North Oxford, Massachusetts on Christmas Day, 1821.
 
Erected 1962 by The Washington County Chapter of the American National Red Cross.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Clara Barton series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 17, 1862.
 
Location. 39° 29.332′ N, 77° 44.843′ W. Marker is near Sharpsburg, Maryland, in Washington County. Marker is on Mansfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Located at the pull off for Stop Two on the driving tour of Antietam Battlefield, the Poffenberger Farm. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sharpsburg MD 21782, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. "God has indeed remembered us" (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Clara Barton (here, next to this
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marker); 7th Regiment Pennsylvania (a few steps from this marker); "The Battle Opened" (within shouting distance of this marker); The Culmination of Another Great Tragedy was at Hand (within shouting distance of this marker); 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps (within shouting distance of this marker); 1st Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade Bivouac (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Army Corps (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sharpsburg.
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Clara Barton's House in Glen Echo also has a marker.
 
Also see . . .
1. Clara Barton Monument. National Park Service page detailing the monument. (Submitted on March 2, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.) 

2. Biographical Article on Clara Barton. National Park Service page. (Submitted on March 2, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.) 
 
Close Up of the Inscription image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, February 9, 2008
2. Close Up of the Inscription
Red Cross Dedication image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, October 19, 2019
3. Red Cross Dedication
This marker provided and erected by the Washington County Chapter American National Red Cross, September 11, 1962.
The Red Cross and Lower Plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, March 29, 2008
4. The Red Cross and Lower Plaque
Clara Barton Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Brian Scott, September 19, 2015
5. Clara Barton Monument
7th Pennsylvania Reserves and Clara Barton Monuments at Stop 2. image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain
6. 7th Pennsylvania Reserves and Clara Barton Monuments at Stop 2.
Clara Barton Marker (Center) image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Brian Scott, September 19, 2015
7. Clara Barton Marker (Center)
Clara Barton image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 16, 2015
8. Clara Barton
This c. 1865 photo of Clara Barton by Mathew B. Brady hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

“Clara Barton considered herself foremost a relief worker, whose efforts to aid those in need consumed most of her adult life. Yet she is remembered best as a Civil War nurse and as the founder of the American Red Cross. During the war; Barton realized her true calling of service by organizing and distributing supplies to Union soldiers and visiting the fields of battle as an independent nurse. At war's end; she organized a missing soldiers office, answering thousands of inquiries from bereaved families about their loved ones. When she closed the office in 1867, she had identified the fate of some 22,000 men. Later, after attending a European meeting of the International Red Cross, Barton returned home and worked to found the American Red Cross in 1881. She served as its first president for the next twenty-three years.” — National Portrait Gallery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 2, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,911 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on October 23, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 2, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.   3. submitted on October 23, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.   4. submitted on April 1, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.   5. submitted on October 25, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.   6. submitted on March 2, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.   7. submitted on October 25, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.   8. submitted on May 24, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.

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