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Letter from Rebecca Usher on soldiers' hospital, 1865

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Letter from Rebecca Usher on soldiers' hospital, 1865
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Rebecca Usher of Hollis, a nurse who worked at military hospitals during the Civil War, wrote to her sister Ellen May 6, 1865, describing her work at the hospital at City Point, Virginia.

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