Very interesting memorial day reading! Disease is a challenge and perhaps explains the US military's obsession with "vaccines" no matter how remote the odds of coming upon anthrax they insist on a dangerous shot. Not to mention the C-v-19 mess that sidelined a bunch of pilots and caused many separations from service for a questionable benefit from an experimental vax.
The percentage who died in the the Crimean War due to disease was much much worse than what was seen in the U.S. Civil War, but that was partly due to the difference in war strategy & tactics. Basically, a LOT of people died in battle in the Civil War, because how it was prosecuted.
As Churchill (and others) noted, the U.S. Civil War was truly the first industrial/modern war, with all the horror that entails. Europe didn't get that full brutality until WWI. And while they had better hygiene by the 20th century, they still had no antibiotics.
Very interesting memorial day reading! Disease is a challenge and perhaps explains the US military's obsession with "vaccines" no matter how remote the odds of coming upon anthrax they insist on a dangerous shot. Not to mention the C-v-19 mess that sidelined a bunch of pilots and caused many separations from service for a questionable benefit from an experimental vax.
Years ago, I saw some statistics regarding the deaths due to disease, infection, or illnesses and they were horrific.
I did a post on Florence Nightingale & the Crimean War stats here:
https://marypatcampbell.substack.com/p/geeking-out-florence-nightingale
The percentage who died in the the Crimean War due to disease was much much worse than what was seen in the U.S. Civil War, but that was partly due to the difference in war strategy & tactics. Basically, a LOT of people died in battle in the Civil War, because how it was prosecuted.
As Churchill (and others) noted, the U.S. Civil War was truly the first industrial/modern war, with all the horror that entails. Europe didn't get that full brutality until WWI. And while they had better hygiene by the 20th century, they still had no antibiotics.