on september 17th, 1862, union and confederate forces would meet at antedum creek. more than 100,000 men would be involved in a bloody battle. and one woman, clara barton, would carve for herself a unique place in the annals of service to mankind. the day the battle began however, she was just a dedicated woman driving a wagon full of provisions across the maryland country side. years later, she would recall that day and retell it in our own words. >> with my attendant, i sought the hill tops and as the mist cleared away and the morning sun broke over the maryland heights, its rays fell upon the forms of dying men. many of you may never hear bugle notes which call men to battle, but if like us, you have heard them that grim september morning as they rang through the valley, they would have lingered in your ears as they do in mine. ♪ thinking our place might be there, we had been following the army since dawn. for the last eight miles we could trace its course by the broken bodies of the wounded along the roadside. ♪ turning into the cornfield near a house and barn w