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.
Ticks that most often transmit Lyme disease in the U.S. (these ticks look very similar) 1  Ixodes scapularis (most common in the Northeast/Midwest but also found in the South/Southeast) 2  Ixodes pacificus (found on the west coast) 3  Ticks & Hosts Which Cause Lyme Disease.