Keywords: Buxton-Hollis Soldiers Aide Society
Item 80960
Martha Osgood letter on visits from friends, Hollis, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Hollis Media: Ink on paper
Item 89881
Report on Buxton-Hollis Soldiers' Aide Society, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Hollis; Buxton 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.