–1,335 Blanchard tally based on numbers below.

Georgia ( 700)

–700 Savannah May-Dec Childs 1886, 82; His. Marker Data Base. “Yellow Fever…”

–669 “ Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 465.

–119 “ by end of July Fraser, Walter J. Jr. Savannah in the Old South. 2003, 200.

Louisiana ( 400)

–400 New Orleans Barton. The Cause…Prevention of Yellow Fever… p. xlix.[1]

–400 New Orleans Sanitary Com. of New Orleans. Report of… 1855, p. 465.

— 82 New Orleans Keating 1879, p. 84.

New York ( 152)

–152 New York Keating 1879, 84.

— 2 NY Marine Hospital U.S. Marine-Hosp. Svc. Annual Rpt…FY 1895. 1896, 434.

Pennsylvania (83-84)

–84 Philadelphia Keating 1879, 84.

–83 “ July 24-Nov Augustin 1909, 555; Macomber;[2] US MHS 1896, p. 434.

–83 “ Barton. The Cause…Prevention of Yellow Fever… p. 48.

–67 “ Independence Hall Assoc. in Philadelphia. “Philadelphia Timeline, 1892.”

Narrative Information

Augustin: “Savannah….1820. Population, 5,000. The disease made its appearance in May. A death occurred on the 7^th, another on the 10^th, and another on the 30^th of that month. In June, the mortality was augmented to a death on every second day, and the whole sum, at the end of the month, amounted to 14. In July, the number of deaths ran up to 39, being an advance to more than double the devastation of June. In August, it amounted to 111; in September to 241; in October to 208; in November to 50, and in December to 3. The degree of mortality, on the surface of this statement appears to have undergone a gradual reduction after the month of September. But when it is considered, that in the course of this period, the population had been greatly diminished by absence and death, it becomes evident, that, so far from having sustained any diminution, it was really increased throughout the month of October. The whole aggregate of deaths resulting from the epidemic, from its commencement in May, to its conclusion in December was at 669.” (Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 465.)

Childs: “The yellow-fever raged in Savannah during the summer and autumn, carrying off about 700 hundred of the inhabitants. Many of the people fled, leaving three hundred and forty-three houses unoccupied.” (Childs 1886, p. 82)

Sources:

Augustin, George. History of Yellow Fever. New Orleans: 1909; General Books reprint, Memphis, TN, 2010.

Barton, Edward H., MD. The Cause and Prevention of Yellow Fever at New Orleans and other Cities in America (Third Edition, with a Supplement). New York: H. Bailliere; London and Paris, 1857. Google preview accessed 3-14-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=yEJZDrCO-ZkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Childs, Emery E. A History of the United States In Chronological Order From the Discovery of America in 1492 to the Year 1885. NY: Baker & Taylor, 1886. Digitized by Google. At: http://books.google.com/books?id=XLYbAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Fraser, Walter J. Jr. Savannah in the Old South. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2003. http://books.google.com/books?id=jhIDPWkpurkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Historical Marker Database. “Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820” (Savannah GA). Accessed October 7, 2008 at: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=5330

Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. “Philadelphia Timeline, 1892.” UShistory.org. Accessed 10-15-2011 at: http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/timeline/1892.htm

Keating, J. M. A History of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, TN: Howard Association, 1879. Google digitized at: http://books.google.com/books?id=WEIJAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Macomber, Robert. “My Worst Fears Have Been More Than Realized: Yellow Fever Hits The Union.” Huntingdon, TN: Civil War Interactive (website). Accessed 8-15-2013 at:

http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/ArticleYellowFeverMacomber.htm

Sanitary Commission of New Orleans. Report of the Sanitary Commission to His Honor J. L. Lewis, Mayor of the City of New Orleans. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1855. Accessed 3-5-2018 at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100633711

United States Marine Hospital Service, Treasury Department. Annual Report of the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States for the Fiscal Year 1895 (Document No. 1811). Washington: GPO, 1896. Digitized by Google at: http://books.google.com/books?id=aTnxAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false

[1] Out of total death toll of 1,766 and a population of 27,176.

[2] Macomber notes that this was out of 125 patients.

1820 — May-Dec, Yellow Fever, Savannah GA/New Orleans/NYC/Philadelphia –1,335