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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06846.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Sarah Lydia Gilpin's diaries |
| Title | Diary of Sarah Gilpin |
| Date | 12 June 1864-24 January 1865 |
| Author | Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894) |
| Document Type | Diary |
| Content Description | Pages numbered 383 - 664 In this volume, the author describes efforts to help freed slaves. 21 January 1865: "…brought an appeal for aid for the poor Negroes liberated by Sherman who are suffering in great need of everything. It is a gigantic undertaking but the north ought to do it or giving them freedom is a farce…busy after breakfast in taking out clothes for the poor Negroes at Savannah…" |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Union Forces Union General Sherman's March to the Sea Civil War Freemen African American History Slavery Charity and Philanthropy Clothing and Accessories Military History |
| People | Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Gilpin was the daughter of Joshua Gilpin, a Wilmington, Delaware paper manufacturer and a contemporary of E. I du Pont. She was also related to William Gilpin, the first territorial governor of Colorado who accompanied J.C. Fremont on his 1843 expedition. There are Gilpin family papers at the Hagley Museum and Library, the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |