Maine Memory Network

John A. Davis house, Lubec, 1949, 1949

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on mat

The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

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.

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars