When Bjorn Saltorp wrote the first part of his article on 'Health in Wargames Armies', the magnitude of the subject may not have occurred to many campaigners. I certainly didn't realise that Smallpox for example, had played an immense role in the victories and defeats of the American Revolutionary War. In an intriguing article entitled 'The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82' published in 'History Today' (Vol. 53 No. 8-August 2003 pp 10-17), Elizabeth A.Fenn describes the staggering pandemic which moved with the fighting around North America. The effect of the disease at the five month siege of Quebec in 1776 is typical, she relates of 1,900 Americans encamped before the city, over 900 were ill with smallpox! It also had an effect upon the outcome of the attack on Boston, and affected everyone, Indian auxiliaries and Allies, Colonials and British regulars alike. It seems, according to the author, to have particularly afflicted 'Waldeckers', Germans brought over by the Hanoverian King. An interesting article this, not only for those who field an AWI army, but for those seeking a further insight into military medical matters. Bookcase The Coast Defense Journal Review La Columna: Spanish Civil War Group Review Arms and Armour: New Journal Review Fighting in Normandy: German Army from D-Day to Villers Bocage Review Current World Archeology Review Health in Wargame Armies Review Revista Ristre Napoleonico New Spanish Napoleonic Magazine Review Medieval History Magazine Review Back to Table of Contents -- Lone Warrior # 148 Back to Lone Warrior List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Solo Wargamers Association. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com