Maine Memory Network

Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Carte de visite

Abraham Lincoln's Deathbed Scene, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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.

For the Union: Civil War Deaths

More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.