The relationships did not end, even as the war faded.
In 1890, a former soldier known to both Usher and Louisa Titcomb, with whom she served at Chester, wrote to tell Titcomb that he wouldn't have time to visit Usher when he came to Maine from his home in California.
Titcomb suggested Usher tell the soldier that she was "about on your last legs" and would not "last till he visits this region again."
