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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 65268
Title: Sarah Sampson letter on illness, Bath, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1864-11-14
Location: Washington
Media: Ink on paper
Item 13249
Title: Sarah Sampson letter to governor, August 17, 1863
Contributed by: Maine State Archives
Date: 1863-08-17
Location: Gettysburg
Media: black 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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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.