1866 — Aug-Nov (esp.), Yellow Fever Outbreaks, especially New Orleans, LA (185) — 211

lornajarrettblanchard August 1, 1866

–211 Blanchard tally of State (and Maritime) Breakouts below.

Florida ( 5) Aug

–5 Pensacola, schooner in the harbor, entire crew of five dead from yellow fever.[1]

Louisiana, New Orleans (185) Aug-Nov

–185 Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905, p.146

–185 New Orleans Public Library, LA Div. Yellow Fever Deaths in New Orleans, 1817-1905.

Sampling of daily deaths

— ? Aug 10 (1^st case reported). Mallory. “Fear God and Walk Humbly.” P. 620.

— 2 Aug 30. Dubuque Daily Times, IA. “By Telegraph,” 9-2-1866, p. 1, col. 4.

— 3 Sep 2-3. New York Times. “New Orleans; Cholera and Yellow Fever,” 9-4-1866, p. 5.

— 1 Sep 6. Little Rock Daily Gazette, AR. 9-13-1866, p. 1, col. 5.

— 5 Sep 17. New York Times. “The Cholera in New-Orleans,” 9-19-1866, p. 8.

— 3 Sep 20. New York Times. “New Orleans; Deaths from Yellow Fever,” 9-22-1866, p. 5.

— 4 Sep 24. New York Times. “Yellow Fever in New Orleans,” 9-27-1866, p. 8.

— 4 Sep 25. New Albany Daily Ledger, IN. 9-26-1866, p. 4, col. 2.

— 5 Sep 26. NYT. “New Orleans; Deaths from Cholera and Yellow Fever,” 9-28-1866, p. 1.

— 7 Sep 27-28. New York Times. “Louisiana. Yellow Fever in New-Orleans,” 9-30-1866, p. 1.

— 7 Sep 29-30. Flake’s Daily Bulletin, Galveston, TX. “Telegraphic,” 10-3-1866, p. 1, col. 3.

— 6 Oct 3. Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette, IA. “From Texas.” 10-6-1866, p. 1, col. 2.

— 8 Oct 8. Flake’s Daily Bulletin, Galveston, TX. “Telegraphic.” 10-10-1866, p. 1, col. 3.

— 7 Oct 11. Indianapolis Daily Journal, IN. “From New Orleans.” 10-13-1866, p. 1, col. 4.

–5-8 (daily) Oct 27 report. New Albany Daily Ledger, IN. 10-27-1866, p. 2, col. 1.[2]

Texas ( 4) Nov 8

–1 Brownsville, Nov 8. U.S. Army Lt. David R. Porter. Pithole Daily Record. 12-21-1866, p. 2.

–3 Galveston. McWhiney. “Fear God and Walk Humbly” — The Agricultural Journal… 1997, 620.

Maritime ( 18) Nov 24

–16 Blanchard tally.

–14 US gunboat Bienville, while at Port-au-Prince and after sailing for New York City.[3]

–9 US gunboat Bienville, at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Age, Philadelphia. 11-6-1866, 1.

— 1 USN steamship Florida, Nov 24 while at St. Croix quarantine station. Lt. Monroe Forrest.[4]

— 1 US gunboat Muscoota, Pensacola, FL. (Surgeon dead, 70 cases on-board upon arrival).[5]

— 1 US gunboat Rhode Island, ~Oct 28, at Havana. The Age, Philadelphia. 11-6-1866, p. 1.

— 1 Unnamed US sloop-of-war at Boston quarantine (with 25 cases also on-board).[6]

— 5 Pensacola, unnamed schooner in the harbor, entire crew of five dead from yellow fever.[7]

Sources

Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette, IA. “From Texas.” 10-6-1866, p. 1, col. 2. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/burlington-daily-hawk-eye-gazette-oct-06-1866-p-1/

Carrigan, Jo Ann. The Saffron Scourge: A History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905 (Doctoral Dissertation). Louisiana State University, LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses, 1961. Accessed 3-11-2018 at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1665&context=gradschool_disstheses

Daily Union Vedette, Salt Lake City, UT. “By Pacific Telegraph.” 11-1-1886, p. 2, col. 2. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/camp-doughlas-union-vedette-nov-01-1866-p-1/

Dubuque Daily Times, IA. “By Telegraph,” 9-2-1866, p. 1, col. 4. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/daily-times-sep-02-1866-p-1/

Flake’s Daily Bulletin, Galveston, TX. “Telegraphic,” 10-3-1866, p. 1, col. 3. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-flakes-daily-bulletin-oct-03-1866-p-1/

Flake’s Daily Bulletin, Galveston, TX. “Telegraphic.” 10-10-1866, p. 1, col. 3. Accessed 5-2-20189 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-flakes-daily-bulletin-oct-10-1866-p-1/

Indianapolis Daily Journal, IN. “From New Orleans.” 10-13-1866, p. 1, col. 4. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/indianapolis-daily-journal-oct-13-1866-p-1/

Little Rock Daily Gazette, AR. “New Orleans, Sept. 7.” 9-13-1866, p. 1, col. 5. Accessed 5-2-2017 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/little-rock-daily-gazette-sep-13-1866-p-1/

McWhiney, Grady, Warner O. Moore, Jr. and Robert F. Pace (editors). “Fear God and Walk Humbly” — The Agricultural Journal of James Mallory, 1843-1877. Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, 1997. Google preview accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=_3wl4phIjT8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

New Albany Daily Ledger, IN. [Yellow Fever, New Orleans] 9-26-1866, p. 4, col. 2. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-albany-daily-ledger-sep-26-1866-p-4/

New Albany Daily Ledger, IN. [Yellow Fever] 10-27-1866, p. 2, col. 1. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-albany-daily-ledger-oct-27-1866-p-2/

New Albany Daily Tribune, IN. [Yellow Fever, Pensacola] 8-31-1866, p. 1, col. 1. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-albany-daily-tribune-aug-31-1866-p-1/

New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division. Yellow Fever Deaths in New Orleans, 1817-1905. Accessed 3-7-2010 at: http://nutrias.org/facts/feverdeaths.htm

New York Times. “Louisiana. Yellow Fever in New-Orleans,” 9-30-1866, p. 1. Accessed at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E05E1DE1731EF34BC4850DFBF66838D679FDE

New York Times. “New Orleans; Cholera and Yellow Fever.” 9-4-1866, p. 5. Accessed at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403E6D7133DE53BBC4C53DFBF66838D679FDE

New York Times. “New Orleans; Deaths from Cholera and Yellow Fever.” 9-28-1866, p. 1. At: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9804E0D6133DE53BBC4051DFBF66838D679FDE

New York Times. “New Orleans; Deaths from Yellow Fever.” 9-22-1866, p. 5. Accessed at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B02E3D6133DE53BBC4A51DFBF66838D679FDE

New York Times. “The Cholera in New-Orleans,” 9-19-1866, p. 8. Accessed at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9803E5D6133DE53BBC4152DFBF66838D679FDE

New York Times. “The Yellow Fever in Pensacola Harbor. 8-25-1866, p. 5, col. 1. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-aug-25-1866-p-5/

New York Times. “Yellow Fever in New Orleans,” 9-27-1866, p. 8. Accessed at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9501E3DA153DE63ABC4F51DFBF66838D679FDE

Pithole Daily Record, Pithole City, PA. [Yellow Fever, Brownsville, TX] 12-21-1866, p. 2, col. 1. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/pithole-city-daily-record-dec-21-1866-p-2/

The Age, Philadelphia. [Yellow Fever on US Florida] 12-15-1866, p. 1, col. 4. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-age-dec-15-1866-p-1/

The Age, Philadelphia. [Yellow Fever, US Gunboat Bienville] 11-6-1866, p. 1, col. 2. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-age-nov-06-1866-p-1/

The Age, Philadelphia. [Yellow Fever, US sloop-of-war, Boston] 10-8-1866, p. 1, col. 2. Accessed 5-2-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-age-oct-08-1866-p-1/

[1] New Albany Daily Tribune, IN. 8-31-1866, p. 1, col. 1.

[2] “The deaths from yellow fever in New Orleans average five to eight per day, which is a gradual increase.”

[3] “New York, Oct. 30. The U.S. steamer Bienville, from St. Thomas, is lying at the quarantine, with eight cases of yellow fever aboard; fourteen others died on the passage.” (Daily Union Vedette, Salt Lake City, UT. “By Pacific Telegraph.” 11-1-1886, p. 2, col. 2.)

[4] The Age, Philadelphia. 12-15-1866, p. 1, col. 4.

[5] New York Times. “The Yellow Fever in Pensacola Harbor. 8-25-1866, p. 5, col. 1. “Mobile, Thursday, Aug. 24. The Pensacola Observer of the 21^st says the United States gunboat Muscoota arrived at the mouth of that harbor, on the 20^th, from the Rio Grande, with seventy cases of yellow fever on board, and the Surgeon dead. The vessel was still outside, waiting orders.”

[6] The Age, Philadelphia. 10-8-1866, p. 1, col. 2.

[7] New Albany Daily Tribune, IN. 8-31-1866, p. 1, col. 1. Cross-listed in Florida.