Mosquito Soldiers
| Author | : Andrew McIlwaine Bell |
| Publisher | : LSU Press |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2010-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780807137376 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0807137375 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (375 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Mosquito Soldiers by : Andrew McIlwaine Bell
Download or read book Mosquito Soldiers written by Andrew McIlwaine Bell and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
