Person/Organization: Mayhew, Ruth
Item 96630
Ruth Mayhew report on supplies, City Point, VA, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper
Item 5198
Ruth Mayhew, Portland, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Carte de visite
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.
