WHERE ARE THE DIXONS TODAY? - The Yellow Flag–Chimborazo Hospital

From the site: WHERE ARE THE DIXONS TODAY? - The Yellow Flagâ€"Chimborazo Hospital

Mechanicsville, VA – weather – the same During the Civil War large numbers of soldiers came to Richmond hospitals for medical treatment. A yellow flag was used by hospitals (both North and South) to protect the building from destruction.  At the beginning of the war, both the North and the South used a solid red flag to designate medical sites near the battlefield. Plain yellow was often used for more permanent hospitals located in nearby towns. In January of 1864, an official hospital flag was adopted by the Union, yellow with a green "H." The Confederacy did not adopt an official flag, mainly using solid yellow or red to mark their hospitals. Yellow was used to designated an established hospital, and red a field hospit ...Read more...

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