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.)