Mosquito Soldiers
by Andrew McIlwaine Bell
"Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War"
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Details
War:
American Civil War
Perspective:
Researcher
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
No
Region:
North America
Page Count:
213
Published Date:
2010
ISBN13:
9780807137376
Description
Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. In this ground-breaking medical history, Andrew McIlwaine Bell explores the impact of two terrifying mosquito-borne maladies---malaria and yellow fever---on the major political and military events of the 1860s, revealing how deadly microorganisms carried by a tiny insect helped shape the course of the Civil War.
