Transcription: As the Civil War dragged on, casualties mounted. Northerners and Southerners nursed wounded soldiers in hospitals, and many took wounded soldiers into their homes. So many soldiers died from lack of immediate medical care that Clara Barton, a volunteer nurse, treated the wounded right on the battlefield. In an effort to win the war, Lee invaded the North in 1863, but his advance ended at the Battle of Gettysburg, and he was forced to Meanwhile, Grant captured Vicksburg and Union forces quickly controlled the entire Mississippi River. Given command of all Union forces in 1864, Grant set out to ...
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