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Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

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The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is temporarily closed at this time to groups smaller than 10.

Opens at 11:00 AM
Last Admission at 4:30 PM

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437 7th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
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I was lucky enough to visit this bit of hidden history while in town for an American Red Cross meeting. Even those of us familiar with Clara Barton’s story learned something. Well worth a visit!

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A hidden gem for Civil War buffs and Red Cross fans! If you are interested in the Civil War, urban architecture, or the Red Cross, consider stopping in!

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To be completely honest, I’m typically not that into history … but this story, and how it was described and presented, I was able to get an image in my head of everything! Superb!

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For anyone interested in American history, or simply the story of an amazing human being, this place is a must-see when you are in DC.

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I recommend a visit to this museum for any nurse, Civil War lover, or history buff!

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Outstanding! To actually stand in this office and feel Barton’s presence is worth a special trip!

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Reflections of Clara...

It was a miserable night. There was a sense of impending doom. We knew, everyone knew, that two great armies of 80,000 men were lying there face to face, only waiting for dawn to begin the battle.

Clara BartonWriting about the night before the battle of Antietam

Though it is little that one woman can do, still I crave the privilege of doing it.

Clara BartonLetter to I.W. Denney, seeking permission to go to the front, March 30, 1862

I don’t know how long it has been since my ear has been free from the roll of a drum. It is the music I sleep by and I love it.

Clara BartonIn a letter to her father, March 19, 1861

When I reached [home], and looked in the mirror, my face was still the color of gunpowder, a deep blue. Oh yes, I went to the front!

Clara BartonUpon returning from the battle of Antietam

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

Clara Barton

I ask neither pay or praise, simply a soldier’s fare and the sanction of your Excellency to go and do with my might, whatever my hands can find to do.

Clara BartonLetter to Massachusetts Governor Andrew, seeking permission to go to the front, March 20, 1862

I only wish I could work to some purpose. I have no right to these easy comfortable days and our poor men suffering and dying thirsting … My lot is too easy and I am sorry for it.

Clara BartonIn a letter to Mary Norton, July 4, 1862

[She] toiled as few men could have done, stanching wounds which might otherwise have proved fatal, administering cordials to the fainting soldier, cheering those destined to undergo amputation, moistening lips parched with thirst [and closing the eyes of the dead].

An eyewitness account of Clara Barton at Antietam

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man’s work for less than a man’s pay.

Clara Barton

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