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Isaac W. Starbird of Litchfield, who was a captain with the 19th Maine Regiment during the Civil War, wrote to Rebecca Usher of Hollis who was a nurse at army hospitals in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C., to thank her for her work during the war and send her a picture of himself.

Starbird was wounded at Gettysburg and encountered Usher at a hospital. He wrote that he wanted her to have a reminder of him "who so thankfully received the many visits y'r kindness prompted you to favor him with."

Starbird, who was 23 when he enlisted, became a colonel and commander of the 19th Maine, and, after the war, became a physician.

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About This Item

• Title: Isaac Starbird letter to Rebecca Usher, Litchfield, 1865
• Creator: Isaac Warren Starbird
• Creation Date: 1865-07-18
• Subject Date: circa 1863
• Locations:
  • Hollis, York County, ME
  • Litchfield, Kennebec County, ME
  • Gettysburg, PA
• Media: Ink on paper
• Dimensions: 20 cm x 12.7 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 9, Box 1/1
• Collection: Rebecca Usher papers
• Object Type: Text

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Military service, Voluntary
• Military service--1860-1870
• United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
• War--Relief of sick and wounded
• Relief (Aid)
• Military medicine
• Nurses
• Health Care
• Thank-you notes
• United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)

People

• Starbird, Isaac
• Usher, Rebecca

Other Keywords

• Military Hospitals
• Momentos
• Nursing
• Reminders

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Maine Historical Society
485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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