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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. And of the various maladies that plagued both armies, few were more pervasive than malaria -- a mosquito-borne illness that afflicted over 1.1 million soldiers serving in the Union army alone. Yellow fever, another disease transmitted by mosquitos, struck fear into the hearts of military planners who knew that "yellow jack" could wipe out an

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Author

Bell, Andrew McIlwaine

Publisher

Lightning Source Inc.

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807146637

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Medical, History

Updated

2026-03-25