| Portion of title |
Disease, war, and society during the Revolutionary War |
| Contents |
"The Most Terrible of All Ministers of Death": Smallpox in the Atlantic World -- "Send ye Small pox Into ye Army": The British and the Double-Edged Sword of Smallpox -- "Able and Willing to Bear Arms": Dunmore in the South -- "Vigilance against this most dangerous Enemy": Smallpox at the Siege of Boston -- "Ruined with Smallpox": The Canadian Campaign -- "Disobedience ... will be most severely punished": New York and the Health of the Troops -- "Nothing but death ... before me": Smallpox in Revolutionary War Prisons -- "To Stop the Progress of the Small Pox": Washington Inoculates His Army -- "The Seeds of Small Pox": Smallpox on the Road to Yorktown and Beyond -- Conclusion "The small-pox ... has been checked in its career". |
| Abstract |
"During the Revolutionary War, smallpox created havoc within both the British and American armies and the colonial civilian population. Washington's implementation of isolation policies and troop inoculations removed the threat of epidemic smallpox and ultimately protected American soldiers and civilians from the dangers of this feared disease"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Becker, Ann M. Smallpox in Washington's Army Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023] 9781793630704 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022035519 |
| ISBN | 9781793630698 |
| ISBN | 1793630690 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
