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Missing Soldiers Office

August 16, 2022 by David Price

Book cover of the forthcoming "Between Home and the Front," and a letter from Clara Barton to the Walters Family from the collection of the National Postal Museum

Hear the war-time story of the Walters family and how Clara Barton and the Missing Soldiers Office helped them find closure.

Tagged With: Clara Barton, Lynn Heidelbaugh, Missing Soldiers Office, Thomas Paone, Walters Family

September 2, 2020 by David Price

Clara Barton c. 1863 Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Michelle Krowl, from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress, will highlight notable documents available online at the LOC about Barton’s work.

Tagged With: Clara Barton, Facebook Live, Michelle Krowl, Missing Soldiers Office, Primary Sources

May 13, 2020 by David Price

Director of Interpretation Jake Wynn will provide a detailed look at Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office in this Virtual Q&A.

Tagged With: Civil War Medicine, Clara Barton, Facebook Live, Jake Wynn, Missing Soldiers Office

March 26, 2020 by David Price

Clara Barton c. 1863 Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Director of Interpretation Jake Wynn will take viewers on a Facebook Live virtual tour of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

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September 26, 2019 by David Price

Discover the twists and turns that defined the invention of personal military identification tags On Saturday November 16 at 2:30 PM at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine join […]

Tagged With: Clara Barton, Identification tags, Mavis Slawson, Military ID, Missing Soldiers, Missing Soldiers Office

July 31, 2017 by David Price Leave a Comment

Clara Barton hung this sign at the Missing Soldiers Office, announcing her work to the world (Courtesy of the General Services Administration)

After the American Civil War, Clara Barton led the search for over 40,000 missing soldiers … including some who didn’t want to be found.

Filed Under: African American, Civilians, Hospitals, Medical Staff, Soldiers, Women Tagged With: Amelia Grabowski, Clara Barton, Joseph Hitchins, Missing Soldiers Office, Women's History

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