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Helen Gilson photo. Black and Case, photographers. Boston and Newport, Rhode Island, 1865, carte de visite. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T300008P
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Helen Gilson photo. Black and Case, photographers. Boston and Newport, Rhode Island, 1865, carte de visite.1883. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T300008P

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TitleHelen Gilson photo. Black and Case, photographers. Boston and Newport, Rhode Island, 1865, carte de visite.
Date Created1883
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T300008P
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Type: Exhibition caption
Detail: Helen Gilson (1836 – 1868), of Boston, Massachusetts, joined the war effort as a nurse in the spring of 1862. Formerly a school teacher and governess. Gilson contracted malaria during the war and never fully recovered. She died on April 2, 1868 in childbirth due to her weakened state.
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Type: Exhibition case
Name: Gettysburg
Detail: Gettysburg, the most famous battle of the Civil War, was fought July 1 through 3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point. New Jersey troops were heavily engaged at Gettysburg, while doctors, nurses, and other volunteers were among those who flocked to the battlefield to care for the wounded and dying.
CollectionStruggle Without End: New Jersey and the Civil War
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections
RightsThis work is made available for non-commercial educational, scholarly, or research purposes subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). Proper attribution must be provided.