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it was the winter of 1777. george washington s army camped out in a field in northernrn new jersey facing incredible hardships. winter was frigid. they were hungry and battle weary but washington had bigger concerns. it was probably washington s greatest fear that disease would destroy his army, not british soldiers, so he took necessary means to have his armies inoculated against smallpox so the men who were i sick needed to be placed under a roof and taken care of. it was a very hard time. jon: they would deliberately expose the soldiers to smallpox to try to prevent it from spreading within the wider army? the regiments were ordered, certain regiments at certain times, to be inoculated.
for george washington s army. jon: it was the winter of 1777. george washington s army camped out in a field in northern new jersey facing incredible hardships. winter was frigid, they were hungry and battle weary but washington had bigger concerns. it was probably washington s greatest fear that disease would destroy his army, soldiers, so he took necessary means to have his armies inoculated against smallpox so the men who were sick needed to be placed under a roof and taken care of. it was a very hard time. jon: they would deliberately expose the soldiers to smallpox to try to prevent it from spreading within the wider army? the regiments were ordered,
jon: during the six turbulent years of the revolutionary war, general george washington led his troops through more than 230 skirmishes and battles. he saw thousands of casualties in the fight for america s freedom, but there was an invisible killer that the young general once said was perhaps aa bigger threat than the sword of the enemy. smallpox. it s a disease doctors of today have eradicated but in washington s time, smallpox tore through his army, killing many. to try to stem the losses, afflicted soldiers were often taken from their encampments and sent to nearby homes to try to protect them from the elements and give them a chance to recover. one such home still stands today in chatham township, new jersey. its basement largely unchanged from the time when smallpox-infected soldiers took refuge there. here s a look inside this clinic for george washington s army.
jon: during the six turbulent years of the revolutionary war general george washington led his troops were more than 230 skirmishes and battles. he saw thousands of casualties in the fight for america s freedom, but there was an invisible killer that the young general once that was perhaps a bigger threat than the sword of the enemy. smallpox. it s a disease doctors of today have eradicated but in washington s time, smallpox tore through his army, killing many. to try to stem the losses, afflicted soldiers were often taken from their encampments and sent to nearby homes to try to protect them from the elements give them a a chance to recover. one such home still stands today in chatham township new jersey. its placement largely unchanged from the time when smallpox-infected soldiers took refuge there. here s a look inside this clinic