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SUMMARY:Last Seen: Searching for Missing Loved Ones after the Civil War
DESCRIPTION:Last Seen: Searching for Missing Loved Ones after the Civil War – Professor Judith Giesberg \nIn this talk\, professor Judith Giesberg from Villanova University will discuss her new book\, Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People for their Lost Families\, that follows ten freed people searching for the loved ones who they were sold away from in the domestic slave trade. There was no missing persons department dedicated to this work\, such as the one Clara Barton spearheaded\, no congressional funding allocations\, or help from powerful politicians. So\, members of Freedom Generation relied on Black institutions to help them find their families. How did freed people search for mothers and fathers\, brothers and sisters\, aunts\, uncles\, cousins\, and kin that had been scattered to the four corners of the country by slave traders? Where did they begin? And\, did they find each other? The separation of enslaved people’s families is an often unacknowledged and misunderstood aspect of U.S. history\, and the legacy of these separations has largely been ignored. Giesberg’s talk\, and the book on which it is based\, tells this story.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/last-seen-searching-for-missing-loved-ones-after-the-civil-war/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:After the War,Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners
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ORGANIZER;CN="Madeleine Thompson":MAILTO:madeleine.thompson@civilwarmed.org
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SUMMARY:Clara Barton's Civil War and the Creation of the Missing Soldiers Office
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday\, July 26 in celebrating the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office’s 10th birthday! \nAuthor\, historian\, and first-person Clara Barton interpreter Carolyn Ivanoff will be presenting a special lecture detailing Clara Barton’s work throughout the Civil War and her development of the Missing Soldiers Office. \nMiss Clara Barton was known as the Angel of the Battlefield for her service as a nurse and relief worker during the Civil War.   In March of 1865\, with written permission from President Lincoln\, Barton established the Missing Soldiers Office in her boarding house on 7th Street in Washington\, D.C.  As the Civil War was coming to a close\, over 40 percent of the dead remained unidentified.  Tens of thousands of grieving families did not know the fate of their loved ones.  From the time she first went onto the battlefield Barton was acutely aware\, and deeply concerned\, for the fate of the men whom she cared for and their families.  With the opening of the Missing Soldiers’ Office\, Barton dedicated herself to the search for the missing and the identification of the dead.  By time the office closed in 1868\, Barton had worked herself into exhaustion.   More than 22\,000 unknown dead had been identified\, 13\,000 at Andersonville alone.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/clara-bartons-civil-war-and-the-creation-of-the-missing-soldiers-office-2/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners,Clara Barton's Life and Work,Free,Pay-what-you-please
ORGANIZER;CN="Madeleine Thompson":MAILTO:madeleine.thompson@civilwarmed.org
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SUMMARY:10 Years of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, July 26 as we celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum opening! \nWe will be celebrating our 10th birthday with free admission\, guided tours from Clara Barton’s perspective\, and a very special lecture from Clara Barton interpreter and historian Carolyn Ivanoff on the Missing Soldiers Office. \n11AM – Doors open \n12PM – Tour the Missing Soldiers Office with Clara Barton Reservations \n1PM – Clara Barton’s Washington Walking Tour Get Tickets \n2PM – Clara Barton’s Civil War and the Creation of the Missing Soldiers Office Details \n3PM – Tour the Missing Soldiers Office with Clara Barton Reservations \n5PM – Doors close
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/10-years-of-the-clara-barton-missing-soldiers-office-museum/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners,Clara Barton's Life and Work,Free,Pay-what-you-please,Special Tour
ORGANIZER;CN="Madeleine Thompson":MAILTO:madeleine.thompson@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T140000
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SUMMARY:Clara Barton Book Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian \n \nJoin us at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum on August 12 from 2PM-3PM for a panel discussion of the latest book from the NMCWM Press: Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian. The book is a compiled edition that includes articles by museum staff and colleagues with details on Barton’s relief work during the Civil War and her groundbreaking efforts in the Missing Soldier’s Office. \nSeveral of the contributing authors will be discussing their research for the book and answering questions concerning their findings. \nThe presentation is included with admission to the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum and FREE for NMCWM members. \nThe Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is located at 437 7th St. NW\, Washington D.C.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/clara-barton-book-panel-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners,Clara Barton's Life and Work
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230708T140000
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SUMMARY:Clara Barton Book Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian \n \nJoin us at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum on July 8 from 2PM-3PM for a panel discussion of the latest book from the NMCWM Press: Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian. The book is a compiled edition that includes articles by museum staff and colleagues with details on Barton’s relief work during the Civil War and her groundbreaking efforts in the Missing Soldier’s Office. \nSeveral of the contributing authors will be discussing their research for the book and answering questions concerning their findings. \nThe presentation is included with admission to the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum and FREE for NMCWM members. \nThe Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is located at 437 7th St. NW\, Washington D.C.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/clara-barton-book-panel-discussion-2/
CATEGORIES:Civil War medicine,Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T140000
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SUMMARY:Clara Barton Book Reception: Meet the Authors
DESCRIPTION:Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian release party at the Missing Soldiers Office \n \nJoin us at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum on April 15 from 2PM-3PM for a reception to celebrate the release of the latest book from the NMCWM Press: Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian. This compiled edition includes articles by museum staff and colleagues with details on Barton’s relief work during the Civil War and her groundbreaking efforts in the Missing Soldier’s Office. \nMix and mingle with the authors\, discuss Clara Barton’s legacy\, sip a drink and grab some refreshments! And don’t forget to pick up a copy of the book as well. RSVP to Chris Reed at Chris.Reed@civilwarmed.org is encouraged.  \nThe reception is free to the public and will be held at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th St.\, NW\, Washington\, D.C. 
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/clara-barton-book-reception-meet-the-authors/
CATEGORIES:Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners,Clara Barton's Life and Work
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220924T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220924T150000
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SUMMARY:Between Home and the Front: Civil War Letters of the Walters Family
DESCRIPTION:Hear the story of the Walters family and how the Missing Soldiers Office helped them find closure. \nBook 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 \nOn September 24 at 2:00 PM come to the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office in Washington\, DC to hear the story of the Walters family during and after the Civil War as told through their previously unpublished letters. In addition to the book talk\, the Missing Soldiers Office will be open for walk-in visitation from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM on September 24. \nBetween Home and the Front by Lynn Heidelbaugh and Thomas Paone (Indiana University Press\, 2022)\, presents previously unpublished letters from the Walters family’s collection held by the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. This collection includes the exchange of correspondence between the home front and frontline\, a perspective not often seen in historical records. The publication provides a glimpse into the emotions and news that Private David Walters of the 5th Indiana Cavalry and his wife Rachel shared in their letters. Rachel became the hub of communication for the family\, often receiving missives from David’s brothers\, Isaac and John Wesley\, both of whom served with Indiana units\, and relaying the information to friends and family. \nThis book talk will highlight Rachel Walters’s post-war correspondence with the Missing Soldiers Office. With the assistance of the office’s staff and correspondence with veterans\, Rachel Walters was able to verify information about her husband’s death at a prisoner-of-war camp and secure a widow’s pension three years after the war’s end. \nIn addition to the book talk\, the Missing Soldiers Office will be open for walk-in visitation from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM on September 24. The event will begin at 2:00 PM on September 24 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. The program is included with admission and free for Museum members. The Missing Soldiers Office is located at 437 7th Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC 20004. \nLynn Heidelbaugh\, curator at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum\, specializes in the history of the US Postal Service. She has published essays and created several exhibitions about military mail\, including “Letters Home” in Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection\, and the exhibition My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I\, for which she received a Smithsonian Secretary’s Award for Research in 2018. \nThomas Paone curates the lighter-than-air collection\, including balloons\, blimps\, and airships\, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Paone’s research focuses on ballooning in the Civil War\, as well as the use of airships and blimps in America. He is coauthor of Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation with the National Air and Space Museum.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/walters/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Lustrea":MAILTO:john.lustrea@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200409T180000
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SUMMARY:Sinking of the Black Diamond - A Forgotten Tragedy
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the legacy of the Black Diamond disaster from Museum Director Karen Stone a few weeks before its anniversary \nCamp Parole – where many passengers aboard the Black Diamond originated from. Courtesy of the Library of Congress \nJoin Museum Director Karen Stone at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office on Thursday April 9 at 6:00 PM to learn about a forgotten maritime tragedy of the American Civil War – the sinking of the Black Diamond. \nOn April 22\, 1865\, after the war had essentially come to a close\, approximately 300 soldiers got on board a steamer in Alexandria to return to their various regiments. They had survived Andersonville Prison and been nursed back to health at Camp Parole\, MD and other hospitals in the area\, and were just waiting to be mustered out. But fate was not kind\, and a number of them died early the next morning in a forgotten tragedy on the Lower Potomac River. Come learn the tragic story of these men and the all but forgotten accident between the Massachusetts and the Black Diamond during the hunt for John Wilkes Booth. \nJust a few weeks later\, on April 26\, NMCWM Executive Director David Price will speak at the commemoration of the sinking of the Black Diamond on the anniversary at St. Clements Island Museum. \nThe program begins at 6:00 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum and will be a pay-what-you-please presentation. \nKaren E. Stone is the Director of the Museums Division of St. Mary’s County Government. She oversees three distinct sites in the county\, and is responsible for strategic planning\, fundraising\, creating partnerships\, overseeing museum operations\, and more. She recently published an article about the Black Diamond disaster in America’s Civil War Magazine entitled Peril on the Potomac.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/black-diamond/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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