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Item 8800
Title: Sigsbee's narrative of battle of 'The Maine,' 1899
Contributed by: Portland Public Library
Date: 1899
Location: Havana
Media: Ink on paper
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Item 1464
Title: Letter from Elizabeth Chase to Rebecca Usher, New York, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1865-05-02
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Rebecca Usher, Civil War Nurse
Rebecca Usher of Hollis signed letters that she penned for wounded Civil War soldiers with the saying, "Yours for the Soldier, Rebecca Usher." She was one of 20,000 women who worked in Union military hospitals.
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War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.
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A Soldier's Declaration of Independence
William Bayley of Falmouth (Portland) was a soldier in the Continental Army, seeing service at Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, and Saratoga, among other locations. His letters home to his mother reveal much about the economic hardships experienced by both soldiers and those at home.