Person/Organization: Osgood, Martha Usher
Item 80960
Martha Osgood letter on visits from friends, Hollis, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Hollis Media: Ink on paper
Item 80967
Martha Osgood on music teacher, nursing, Bar Mills, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'
Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.
