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Clara Barton became famous for her fierce determination and courage in saving lives on Civil War battlefields and later for founding the American Red Cross. From 1861 to 1865, during the Civil War, she lived and worked on the third story of this building and stored medical supplies there when she was not on the battlefields. From 1865 to 1868, after the war, she created the Missing Soldiers Office on the third story of this building to help families find soldiers missing in action.
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Washington, District of Columbia · United States
