From the Civil War Daily Calendar. Big thanks to my sister-in-law for getting this for me. Reckon I'll have to buy one for myself next year.
NO 4TH of JULY HERE
After 1863, well 1862 probably, this southern town did not officially celebrate the nation's birthday until near the end of WW II in 1944. That would be Vicksburg, Mississippi, and the reason being that it fell to Union forces on July 4, 1863, the day after the end of the Battle of Gettysburg.
It ignored the holiday for the next 81 years!! Hey, get over it.
BATTLEFIELD CASUALTIES
Second to disease as a cause of death were battlefield injuries which amounted to around 200,000. Even just removing the wounded from the battlefields was a problem. As late as 1862, there was no ambulance corps on either side. In August of that year, Union General George McClellan authorized the creation of an ambulance corps for the Army of the Potomac, and soon armies on both sides had them.
Dealing with the Masses of Wounded was Something the Armies had to Learn to Cope With. --B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
