Keywords: Civilian participation
Item 81735
W.W.II Rubber drive at the Star Theater, Westbrook, 1943
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1943 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 96630
Ruth Mayhew report on supplies, City Point, Virginia, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing
An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.
Exhibit
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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