Education Coordinator John Lustrea will discuss women nurses of the Civil War. Send us your questions in advance on Facebook or by email
by David Price
Clara Jones
John Lustrea will tell the incredible story of Clara Jones – a forgotten Civil War nurse – on Facebook Live on May 8 at 1:00 PM.
Clara Jones never stopped caring for people in need after the Civil War. Read about her amazing story.
“Ladies! If you’ve got here you’ll get anywhere.”
Schoolteacher Clara Jones engaged in full time hospital work in the summer of 1862.
Frederick Law Olmsted’s memoir “Hospital Transports” describes the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862.
“If I know I can be of service in tending the wounded…I’m bound to be on hand.”
