Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894 Sarah Lydia Gilpin Diary 1864-1865

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Type
Journals & Diaries
Date
1864/06/12 - 1865/01/24
Author/Creator
Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894
Title
Sarah Lydia Gilpin Diary 1864-1865
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
281 p. : Height: 16.7 cm, Width: 10.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

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…"

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