“The ground, for acres, was a thinly wooded slope--and among the trees on the leaves and grass, were laid the wounded who were p
ouring in by scores of wagon loads, as picked up on the field under the flag of truce... How we watched and pleaded and cautioned as we worked and wept that night! How we put socks and slippers upon their cold, damp feet, wrapped your blankets and quilts about them, and when we had no longer these to give, how we covered them in the hay and left them to their rest…” —Clara Barton, 1863 Read the Clara Barton passage. Use the passage to answer the question. What does the passage describe? A. the conditions of the wounded after a battle
B. the reasons immigrant women worked as nurses
C. the scene after the First Battle of Bull Run
D. the reason Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation 1
