Clara Barton vs Sitting Bull
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Compare the life timelines of Clara Barton (1821–1912) and Sitting Bull (1831–1890) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 59 years, from 1831 to 1890.
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Clara Barton (1821–1912)
- — Born in North Oxford, Massachusetts Verified
- — Began work as a schoolteacher Verified
- — Opened a free public school in Bordentown, New Jersey Verified
- — Became a clerk at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. Verified
- — Began nursing and supplying Union soldiers in the Civil War Verified
- — Tended the wounded at the Battle of Antietam Verified
- — Ran the Office of Missing Soldiers Verified
- — Founded the American Red Cross Verified
- — Resigned as president of the American Red Cross Verified
- — Died in Glen Echo, Maryland Verified
Sitting Bull (1831–1890)
- — Born near the Grand River in present-day South Dakota Verified
- — Counted his first coup in battle as a boy
- — Fought U.S. forces at the Battle of Killdeer Mountain Verified
- — Emerged as a principal leader of Lakota resistance
- — Sun Dance vision and victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn Verified
- — Led his followers into exile in Canada Verified
- — Surrendered at Fort Buford Verified
- — Toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show Verified
- — Killed during an arrest attempt at Standing Rock Verified