Person/Organization: Usher, Leila
Item 5215
Rebecca N. Usher, Hollis, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 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.
