Mosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War (Andrew McILwaine Bell- MD) Material:Hardcover MERRIMAC METAL FIGURINE

MERRIMAC METAL FIGURINE

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17 maps by Gettysburg cartographer Phil Laino

A retired professor from Hagerstown Community College

Mosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War (Andrew McILwaine Bell- MD) Material:Hardcover MERRIMAC METAL FIGURINEMosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War by Andrew McIlwaine Bell 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.