Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor of the Harper’s Magazine,
Clara Barton, born in 1821, is a very important and admirable woman of the Civil War. In fact, she is one of the most famous women of this period. She is using all her power to help the Union soldiers. She became a nurse after having created the first free public school in New Jersey. But becoming a nurse was very hard for her. She had to fight her way into the Army Medical Department before it agreed to let her in. This proves that she had a very strong desire to help the Union Army. Wow, I never
saw a woman doing so much for her country! Barton always wanted to help people since a very young age. She is putting all of her heart and time into saving the soldiers, so much that she even goes on battlefields to carry away the wounded soldiers when the battle is still taking place! She is so courageous! I never knew somebody would risk his own life to go and help wounded soldiers! One of her sayings is, “I did not wait for reporters and journalists to
tell us a battle had been fought, I went in while the battle raged.”
She also organized an office to list Union soldiers missing in action. She is trying to find them and she writes status letters to the missing soldiers’ families to tell them the horrible news. You see? She really loves helping out. With all of the things she is doing, she is considered a hero. “What could I do but go with them [Civil War Soldiers], or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins” was what she said. Barton does a lot of surprising things, but it is to save people. What a great person she is! And who knows? She is maybe going to found an organization to help people after this bloody Civil War.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Gaynor
Clara Barton, born in 1821, is a very important and admirable woman of the Civil War. In fact, she is one of the most famous women of this period. She is using all her power to help the Union soldiers. She became a nurse after having created the first free public school in New Jersey. But becoming a nurse was very hard for her. She had to fight her way into the Army Medical Department before it agreed to let her in. This proves that she had a very strong desire to help the Union Army. Wow, I never
saw a woman doing so much for her country! Barton always wanted to help people since a very young age. She is putting all of her heart and time into saving the soldiers, so much that she even goes on battlefields to carry away the wounded soldiers when the battle is still taking place! She is so courageous! I never knew somebody would risk his own life to go and help wounded soldiers! One of her sayings is, “I did not wait for reporters and journalists to
tell us a battle had been fought, I went in while the battle raged.”
She also organized an office to list Union soldiers missing in action. She is trying to find them and she writes status letters to the missing soldiers’ families to tell them the horrible news. You see? She really loves helping out. With all of the things she is doing, she is considered a hero. “What could I do but go with them [Civil War Soldiers], or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins” was what she said. Barton does a lot of surprising things, but it is to save people. What a great person she is! And who knows? She is maybe going to found an organization to help people after this bloody Civil War.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Gaynor
Political Cartoon
In this cartoon, Abraham Lincoln is confronting Jefferson Davis. In their hands, we can see that they are holding purses on which is written the amount of money it contains. Abraham Lincoln's purse contains more money than Jefferson Davis' purse, so therefore, the North had more chances of winning because they could buy more supplies.
The Confederate Troops – A World Class Army!
In this cartoon, we see Confederate soldiers marching. They had to carry a lot of heavy stuff while walking. This made them tired, so some soldiers took a break and got lost. Some soldiers were even bare feet, which made it even harder to walk! The Confederate Army couldn't supply shoes to the soldiers due to financial reasons.