If you or a loved one has had surgery recently, the surgical incision site is likely the cause of much worry. While it is important to pay attention to the wound and to properly care for it, the sight of drainage can be anxiety inducing, often needlessly.
Fort McClellan today. Fort McClellan closed in 1999 as part of the Army Base Closure and Realignment Committee (BRAC) program. The BRAC legislation required the environmental cleanup of Fort McClellan prior to its transfer to the public domain.
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked the Union-controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C. The war officially ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Va.