Rebecca Usher account of Abraham Lincoln visit, Virginia, ca. 1870

Rebecca Usher account of Abraham Lincoln visit, Virginia, ca. 1870
  • MMN Item 5486
  • Zoom

Description

Nurse Rebecca Usher of Hollis wrote an account of President Abraham Lincoln's visit with to a military hospital at City Point, Virginia, just before Richmond fell and Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered in 1865.

The account, written on ledger paper, is a single sheet and it is not clear whether it was part of a larger account. It appears to be a recollection.

View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network.