Person/Organization: Usher, Ellis Baker
Item 98637
Ellis B. Usher, Hollis, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Hollis Media: Lithograph
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.
