Battle of solferino henry dunant

Events and milestones in dunants life henry dunant. Despite being born to wealth, he died in poverty partially due to his dedication to charitable work. The battle of solferino, 1859 henry dunant museum heiden. Living in the dark shadow of the battle of solferino. For one year dunant is busy writing the book a memory of solferino 1862 in november an edition of 1,600 books of a memory of solferino is published, paid by henri dunant. The battle of solferino led dunant to push for the creation of a neutral and impartial organization to. Nearly 160 years ago, frenchmen and sardinians fought against the young austrian emperor franz josef, in order to drive the.

Considered by many as the father of modern humanitarianism, henry dunant was also arguably the first embedded war reporter and citizen. The book gives both an epic account of the battle and a testimony of the horrors of war, and still has an impact even 150 years later. Who better than henry dunant to shake the reader with a gripping account of the suffering of the thousands of wounded soldiers left untended after the battle of. The battle led the swiss jeanhenri dunant to write his book, a memory of. After the battle, the austrian emperor refrained from further direct command of the army. Dunant arrived in solferino on the evening of 24 june 1859, on. The bloodshed also inspired henri dunant to lead the movement to establish. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Solferino and the international committee of the red cross icrc. The images of wounded soldiers remained entrenched in his memory. In 1859, swiss businessman henry dunant was traveling in northern italy when he witnessed the aftermath of a bloody battle between francosardinian and austrian forces near the small village of solferino. Battle of solferino, june 24, 1859, last engagement of the second war of italian. In the church of castiglione, the chiesa maggiore, henry dunant, helped by local women, cared for the wounded and dying for three days and.