Person/Organization: Bacon, Ellen Usher
Item 81014
Rebecca Usher to sister on hospital needs, Pennsylvania, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 89981
Harriet Eaton on arrival in Virginia, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'
Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.
