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Charles Hagadorn was an army colonel who was in command of Camp Grant in August 1918. When influenza came to the camp, Hagadorn took some advice from scientists but stopped short of the most extreme measures. Ultimately, many young men died of influenza at Camp Grant, and Hagadorn shot himself.
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Charles Hagadorn Character Timeline in The Great Influenza
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Chapter 18
In August 1918, Colonel Charles Hagadorn took command of Camp Grant. The camp was already overcrowded, and Hagadorn wanted to add...
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Soon, the first cases of influenza were discovered at Camp Grant. Hagadorn ordered a quarantine for the sick soldiers, but it was too late, and the epidemic...
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Back at Camp Grant, Hagadorn had ceded most of the camp’s operations to medical experts. The death toll continued to...
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