"It was real misery."
-Carl Leopold Baurmeister (Frey, 48)

You just died of dysentery.

Sorry.

But really, what can you expect? Suffering from malnutrition, sleeping in the cold, drinking out of puddles. Conditions are even better for germs and other pathogens than they are for the Americans!(Frey, 29)

Even though dysentery is a terribly painful and embarrassing way to go, don't worry too much--you're not alone. The vast majority of casualties and deaths in the British army are caused by disease, rather than wounds sustained in battle. Besides, military chiurgeons have little expertise outside of bleedings and amputations. You were lucky to survive as long as you did. (Frey, 26)

As your soul ascends to heaven, you wish you had chosen to go to the grog shop.

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