Person/Organization: Usher, Hannah Lane
Item 4170
Rebecca Usher, Hollis, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Hollis Center Media: Photographic print
Item 4172
Hannah Lane Usher, Hollis, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Hollis Center Media: Photographic print
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.