In early July, 1863, troops from General Robert E. Leeâs Army of Northern Virginia (the Confederates) met up with a patrol of Union cavalry on the outskirts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Over the next three days, this encounter grew into a turning point of the Civil War.
In the South, lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) can also transmit Lyme disease or a closely related illness. Ticks have four life stages: egg, larva, nymph and adult. In each stage after hatching, they suck blood from animals like mice, squirrels, birds and deer.
10 Signs of Lyme Disease. 10 Signs of Lyme Disease. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by the bite of a deer tick that carries the bacterium Borrelia Burgdorferi (BB), a cousin to the spirochete bacterium responsible for syphilis. Infected ticks of the Ixodes genus, which thrive in green, forested areas, transmit the bacteria to humans causing a wide range of health problems.