Clara Barton Father Quotations

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.

Oh northern mothers wives and sisters, all unconscious of the hour, would to Heaven that I could bear for you the concentrated woe which is so soon to follow, would that Christ would teach my soul a prayer that would plead to the Father for grace sufficient for you, God pity and strengthen you every one.

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.