WASHINGTON – Twice as many Civil War soldiers died from insect-related disease than direct combat – an obscure fact Gary Miller has discovered in his unique, decades-long hobby. Since the 1970s, Miller, 48, of Laurel, Md., has pored over books, soldiers’ letters and regimental histories for insect references. He found that mosquitoes, body lice and flies were a constant nuisance to Union and Confederate soldiers. Roughly 60,000 soldiers died from malaria on the Union side alone, he said.for more click here
