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[Helen L. Gilson, Civil War nurse and head of the Colored Hospital Service, half length portrait, seated] J.C. Moulton, Fitchburg.
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Photograph shows portrait of Helen Louise Gilson, also known as Helen Louise Gilson Osgood, who cared for wounded and dying soldiers at battles including Yorktown, Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Petersburg and advocated for a better hospital for African American soldiers and the creation the Colored Hospital Service, of which she became the head until the end of the war. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Daguerreotypes American Memory Civil War Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gilson, Helen Louise,--1835-1868. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical aspects--Union. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Nurses--Union--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women--Union. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
