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Keywords: Maine Military and Naval Children's Home (Bath, Me.)
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Item 13240
Title: Sarah Sampson, Bath, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine State Archives
Date: circa 1860
Location: Bath
Media: Black and white copy print
Item 77456
Title: Letter of thanks for donation for orphans, Bath, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1868-08-26
Location: Portland; Bath
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.