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∙ 15y agoI will take a guess but it is not a wild one. I believe the answer is disease and more specifically, malaria.
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∙ 12y agoWiki User
∙ 15y agoMalaria (Yellow Fever)
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∙ 13y agoMalaria and Yellow Fever.
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∙ 10y agofever, smallpox, and dysentery
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∙ 12y agoMalaria.
Yes, more died from disease than from battlefield trauma.
During the Spanish-American War more soldiers were killed by disease than actual spanish gun fire. One of the main causes of disease was bad meat due to the unsanitary factory conditions during the time.
2,061 soldiers died of disease. Just to add on a bit, 385 soldiers died in battle.
In Cuba
Fighting Joe.
Yes, more died from disease than from battlefield trauma.
During the Spanish-American War more soldiers were killed by disease than actual spanish gun fire. One of the main causes of disease was bad meat due to the unsanitary factory conditions during the time.
2,061 soldiers died of disease. Just to add on a bit, 385 soldiers died in battle.
The Spanish Inquisition
The Buffalo Soldiers added glory to their history and the Rough Riders became famous as well.
American soldiers had little training and few supplies.
Yes
In Cuba
The Buffalo Soldiers and the Rough Riders.The Los ultimos de Filipinas from the Siege of Baler.The crew of the USS Olympia.
Cuban Independence.
Malaria.
It is estimated that over 20,600 died from combat, shipwreck and drowning, and disease.