Keywords: Sarah Sampson
Item 13240
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1860 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 65268
Sarah Sampson letter on illness, Bath, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
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Sarah Sampson: Caring for Soldiers, Orphans
Sarah Sampson of Bath went to war with her husband, a captain in the 3rd Maine Regiment. With no formal training, she spent the next four and a half years providing nursing and other services to soldiers. Even after her husband became ill and returned to Maine, Sampson remained in the Washington, D.C., area aiding the sick and wounded.
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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.
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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress
"He was married to Jenima Sampson, daughter of James and Jenima Sampson. Jenima and Aaron had 10 children: Jenima, William, Alice, Milton, Warren…"
