Item 1459 - Rebecca Usher on Lincoln's assassination, Virginia, 1865
- Item 1459 - Rebecca Usher on Lincoln's assassination, Virginia, 1865
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Image Info Rebecca Usher (1821-1919) of Hollis served as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, first in Chester, Pennsylvania, then in City Point, Virgina.
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On May 1, 1865, she wrote to Mat, describing her feelings about President Lincoln and his assassination. Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865.