History Conversations REWIND: Clara Jones – A Forgotten Civil War Nurse

Clara Jones is just one of many volunteer Civil War nurses who helped care for the sick and wounded of the Civil War. Her letters in the collection of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine offer a unique view into the life of one woman from Philadelphia who was compelled to do what she could to ease soldiers’ suffering. Serving on board a hospital ship on the Virginia Peninsula, and at hospitals following the battles of Second Bull Run and Gettysburg, Clara Jones saw the worst the Civil War had to offer. Hear the rarely told story of one of the Civil War’s forgotten nurses. Clara Jones is just one of many volunteer Civil War nurses who helped care for the sick and wounded of the Civil War. Her letters in the collection of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine offer a unique view into the life of one woman from Philadelphia who was compelled to do what she could to ease soldiers’ suffering. Serving on board a hospital ship on the Virginia Peninsula, and at hospitals following the battles of Second Bull Run and Gettysburg, Clara Jones saw the worst the Civil War had to offer. Hear the rarely told story of one of the Civil War’s forgotten nurses. Originally aired March, 2022.