Mosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War (Andrew McILwaine Bell- MD) tours but the stand-alone battle had

but the stand-alone battle had major implications

From the award-winning author of Saipan comes the definitive account of one of World War II's most brutal yet overlooked battles—the American reconquest of Guam

and elegant” (The Spectator)

In the tempestuous mid-19th century

who pursued a military pension for twenty-five years

Mosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War (Andrew McILwaine Bell- MD) tours but the stand-alone battle hadMosquito 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.