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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.
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By Devin Teichrow. Published March 21, 2026.
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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.
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