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Originally Posted by Betonov (Post 1641445)

How were the hospitals marked then ?? Red Cross was founded in 1863 and soldiers had to have some markations to know were to bring the wounded

Evidently a green flag with a big "H" on it

http://www.visit-gettysburg.com/flag...civil-war.html

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Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1642215)

Evidently a green flag with a big "H" on it

http://www.visit-gettysburg.com/imag...pital-flag.jpg

I wonder, why green :hmmm: Because of gangreene, the rotting flesh of amputated limbs, the faces of soldier that were brought into the bloodbath....
Nice find Platapus, thanks :DL

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Each Army branch in a division was assigned a basic flag color:

sky blue for infantry
red for artillery
yellow for cavalry
green for the medical branch, such as hospitals

Looks like it was just a coincidence, the remaining basic color