Author: Henry Phelps Johnston
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Category : Long Island, Battle of, 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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The Campaign of 1776 Around New York and Brooklyn
Author: Henry Phelps Johnston
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Category : Long Island, Battle of, 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Category : Long Island, Battle of, 1776
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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New Englander and Yale Review
Author: Edward Royall Tyler
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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The American Revolution in New York
Author: University of the State of New York. Division of Archives and History
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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The New Englander
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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New England Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Smallpox in Washington's Army
Author: Ann M. Becker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793630704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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In Smallpox in Washington's Army: Disease, War and Society during the Revolutionary War , the author argues that smallpox played an integral role in military affairs for both the British and Continental armies, and impacted soldiers and civilians throughout the War for American Independence. Due to the Royal army’s policy of troop inoculation and because many British soldiers were already immune to the variola virus, the American army was initially at a disadvantage. Most American colonists were highly susceptible to this dreaded disease, and its presence was greatly feared. General George Washington was keenly aware of this disadvantage and, despite his own doubts, embarked on a policy of inoculation to protect his troops. Use of this controversial, innovative, and effective medical procedure leveled the playing field within the armies. However, by 1777, smallpox spread throughout America as soldiers interacted with civilian populations. Once military action moved south, American and British auxiliary troops and the enslaved Southern population all succumbed to the disease, creating a disorderly, dangerous situation as the war ends. Washington’s implementation of isolation policies as well as mass troop inoculation removed the threat of epidemic smallpox and ultimately protected American soldiers and civilians from the dangers of this much feared disease.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793630704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
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In Smallpox in Washington's Army: Disease, War and Society during the Revolutionary War , the author argues that smallpox played an integral role in military affairs for both the British and Continental armies, and impacted soldiers and civilians throughout the War for American Independence. Due to the Royal army’s policy of troop inoculation and because many British soldiers were already immune to the variola virus, the American army was initially at a disadvantage. Most American colonists were highly susceptible to this dreaded disease, and its presence was greatly feared. General George Washington was keenly aware of this disadvantage and, despite his own doubts, embarked on a policy of inoculation to protect his troops. Use of this controversial, innovative, and effective medical procedure leveled the playing field within the armies. However, by 1777, smallpox spread throughout America as soldiers interacted with civilian populations. Once military action moved south, American and British auxiliary troops and the enslaved Southern population all succumbed to the disease, creating a disorderly, dangerous situation as the war ends. Washington’s implementation of isolation policies as well as mass troop inoculation removed the threat of epidemic smallpox and ultimately protected American soldiers and civilians from the dangers of this much feared disease.
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
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Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Senate documents
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Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical Association
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Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
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Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Author: Henry Mills Alden
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Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Important American periodical dating back to 1850.
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Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Important American periodical dating back to 1850.