Essay

Disease in the American Revolutionary War: Who Died of What?

Disease mortality in the American Revolutionary War, including battle deaths, smallpox, camp disease, military medicine, and eighteenth-century survival.

Evergreen essay March 21, 2026 By Devin Teichrow infectious diseaseamerican historyHistoryamerican revolutionrevolutionary war

Topic hub

Disease And War

Search focus

disease in the American Revolutionary War

Author

By Devin Teichrow. Published March 21, 2026.

Overview

Disease mortality in the American Revolutionary War, including battle deaths, smallpox, camp disease, military medicine, and eighteenth-century survival.

How disease, smallpox, camp fever, prison ships, and military medicine shaped mortality in the American Revolutionary War.

Archive note

This page keeps the essay connected to related topics, maps, and reference pages on The Edge of Epidemiology.