Mosquito soldiers : malaria, yellow fever, and the course of the American Civil War

Mosquito soldiers : malaria, yellow fever, and the course of the American Civil War / Andrew McIlwaine Bell.

Author/creator	Bell, Andrew McIlwaine, 1970-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2010.
Description	xiv, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Malaria--United States --History --19th century. Yellow fever--United States --History --19th century. Mosquitoes as carriers of disease--United States --History --19th century. Soldiers--Diseases --United States --History --19th century. Soldiers--Diseases --Confederate States of America --History --19th century. Malaria--history --United States. American Civil War--United States. Culicidae--United States. Insect Vectors--United States. Military Personnel--history --United States. Yellow Fever--history --United States. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Health aspects.

Contents	Introduction -- Aedes, Anopheles, and the scourges of the South -- The glory of gangrene and "gallinippers" -- Mosquito coasts -- "The land of flowers, magnolias, and chills" -- "The pestilent marshes of the peninsula" -- "The roughest times any set of soldiers ever encountered" -- Biological warfare -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Incidence of mosquito-borne disease, 1861-1865 -- Appendix 2: Common diagnoses among Union troops, 1861-1866 -- Appendix 3: Civil War chronology.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-179) and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection
LCCN	2009027446
ISBN	9780807135617 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807135615 (cloth : alk. paper)