Maine Units at Gettysburg: 16th Maine: Col. Charles W. Tilden. Maj. Archibald D. Leavitt. Maine Light, 2d Battery (B), Capt. James A. Hall. Maine Light, 5th Battery (E): Capt. Greenleaf T. Stevens. Lieut. Edward N. Whittier. 19th Maine: Col. Francis E. Heath Lieut. Col. Henry W. Cunningham. 3d Maine, Col. Moses B. Lakeman. 4th Maine: Col. Elijah Walker. Capt. Edwin Libby. 17th Maine, Lieut. Col. Charles B. Merrill. 20th Maine, Col, Joshua L. Chamberlain 5th Maine, Col. Clark S. Edwards. 6th Maine, Col. Hiram Burnham. 7th Maine (six companies), Lieut. Col. Selden Connor. 1st Maine (ten companies), Lieut. Col. Charles H. Smith. Maine Light, 6th Battery (F), Lieut. Edwin B. Dow. Alice J. Gayley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> To: <MAINE-L@rootsweb.com>; <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:51 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Sarah SAMPSON, Nurse, 1860's > Hello, > > In this morning's on-line version of the "Bangor Daily News" there is a > story, "Maine Women in History: Sarah SAMPSON." > > The article starts out: > > Sarah Sampson was one of several hundred women from Maine who volunteered > to > care for wounded and sick soldiers during the Civil War. There was no > professional training, so she had to rely on her experience in caring for > ill and injured family members and neighbors in order to look after the > soldiers who were entrusted to her and others like her. > > http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=161040&zoneid=500 > > Just offering this as an FYI for you. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > (For people on Civil War List, this is Bangor, Maine.) > > > (The article didn't mention the "Maine soldiers" who were fighting in > Florida, so Sarah might not have cared for my ancestor, Joseph KIDDER. > But, it would be interesting to find out which "Maine soldiers" were at > Gettsburg.) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >