Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office

08/28/2026

Walk the very same halls Clara Barton once walked 🕯️

Visit us Thursdays-Saturdays 11AM-5PM.

08/25/2026

📬 Thousands of Civil War letters and photos never reached home.

Join us September 19 at 2PM for "Dead Letter Office Images: The Civil War's Lost Sentiments," as Melissa A. Winn, Director of Marketing and Communications at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, shares photos from her collection and tells the story of these undelivered soldier portraits.

For more information: clarabartonmuseum.org/event/dead-letter-office-images-the-civil-wars-lost-sentiments/

08/22/2026

Did you know that Pennsylvania Avenue was the only paved street in Washington, DC while Clara Barton lived here? Today, we can see the Freedom 250 Grand Prix from our doorstep!

Visit us Thursdays-Saturdays 11AM-5PM to experience more Washington, DC history!

08/22/2026

in 1881, the first local chapter of the American Red Cross was established in Dansville, NY.

08/20/2026

Rainy days call for a visit to the Missing Soldiers Office!☔️

Dry off with us Thursdays–Saturdays, 11AM–5PM.

08/18/2026

08/13/2026

in 1862, Clara Barton arrived to Culpeper, VA to aid in the aftermath of the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Though she arrived after fighting stopped, the need for supplies and support remained dire. She worked for two days straight. The day following her arrival, August 14, 1862, she shared that she, "Went to Main St Hospital, and found much suffering, cannot describe it."

08/12/2026

in 1862, Clara Barton received her first battle pass to go to the frontlines of the Civil War, noting in her diary that she "Went to Genl Popes HQ got pass."

She was accompanied by General Daniel Rucker, who would support Barton's work through allocating transport and additional supplies to her throughout the war.