Founding of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">U.S. Army Medical Department</a>:  The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a> passes legislation establishing "an hospital for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Continental Army">an army</a> consisting of 20,000 men."