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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Miller, G.L

Titel

Historical natural history: insects and the Civil War

Ist Teil von

• American entomologist (Lanham, Md.), 1997-01, Vol.43 (4), p.227-245

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The fact that microbes caused more death than hostile fire is well known to the student of the American Civil War. However, much overlooked is the insect role in the transmission of disease-causing organisms. Maladies such as dysentery and malaria have an important or critical insect component and accounted for tremendous suffering during the war. Surrounded by insects such as flies, lice, and fleas, both Union and Confederate soldiers often found themselves battling more than each other. This account reveals the influence of insects on soldiering during the Civil War.