Person/Organization: Usher, Rebecca Randall
Item 5481
Rebecca Usher on trip to begin nursing work, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester Media: Ink on paper
Item 81015
Rebecca Usher description of military hospital, Pennsylvania, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Buxton; Chester 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.
