–6,490 Blanchard tally based upon breakouts below.

Abbreviated Summary of Breakouts Below

Alabama ( 70) Mobile Aug-? (no later than deep frost)

Georgia ( >73) Savannah Sep-Nov

Louisiana (4,855) New Orleans June-Nov 21

Mississippi ( >27) Natchez and Vicksburg Oct

South Carolina ( 717) Charleston July Dec

Texas ( 685) Galveston (344) Aug-Nov

Indianola (300)

Brownsville (41)

Maritime ( 90) USS Susquehanna (46) — San Juan Puerto Rico trip.

The Echo (27) onboard at Charleston, SC (Sep 29. report).

Breakout of Yellow Fever, 1858, by States and Localities

Alabama ( 70)

— 70 Mobile 1^st case Aug Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, 444.

Florida ( ?)

— ? Pensacola Keating. A History of the Yellow Fever… 1879, p. 90.

Georgia ( >73) Sep-Nov

— ? Savannah Sep 13 Chairman, Board of Health. reports a few sporadic cases.[1]

— 3 “ Sep 7-14 Daily Tribune, New Albany, IN. 9-18-1858, p. 3, col. 1.

–20 “ Sep 16-22 Davenport Daily Gazette, IA. 9-24-1858, p. 1, col. 6.[2]

— 9 “ Sep 23-29 The Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV. 9-30-1858, p. 3, col. 5.[3]

— 5 “ Oct 1 The Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV. 10-4-1858, p. 3, col. 5.[4]

— 3 “ Oct 2 Marion Star, OH. 10-12-1858, p. 1, col. 4.[5]

— 3 “ Oct 3 Sandusky Daily Commercial Register, OH. 10-5-1858, p3.[6]

–15 “ Oct 6-12 Liberty Weekly Tribune, MO. 10-20-1858, p. 1, col. 6.[7]

— 2 “ Oct 13 Marion Star, OH. 10-19-1858, p. 1, col. 5.[8]

— 2 “ Oct 14 Burlington Daily Hawk Eye, IA. 10-16-1858, p. 3. col. 3.[9]

— 0 “ Oct 16 Bloomington Weekly Pantagraph, IL. 10-20-1858, p. 3, c.5.

— 0 “ Oct 19

— 1 “ Oct 22 Boston Post. “Yellow Fever.” 10-25-1858, p. 2, col. 4.[10]

— 4 “ Oct 23 Boston Post. “Yellow Fever.” 10-25-1858, p. 2, col. 4.[11]

— 1 “ Oct 27 Daily Ledger, New Albany, IN. 10-28-1858, p. 3, col. 3.

— 5 “ ~Nov 7-8 (48 hrs) Daily State Gazette, Burlington, IA. 11-12-1858, p4, c4[12]

— ? “ Keating. A History of the Yellow Fever… 1879, p. 90.

Kentucky ( ?)

— ? Louisville Crawfordsville Journal, IN. 10-28-1858, p. 1, col. 6.[13]

Louisiana (4,855) June-Nov 21

— ? Algiers Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 126.

— ? Baton Rouge Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 126.

— ? Franklin Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 126.

— ? Gretna Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 126.

— ? McDonoughville Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 126.

–4,855 New Orleans Mid-June start Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 125.[14]

–4,850 “ Adams Sentinel, Gettysburg, PA. 12-13-1858, p. 1.[15]

–4,845 “ Augustin. History of Yellow Fever, 1909, p. 50.

–4,845 “ N.O. Public Library. Yellow Fever Deaths in New Orleans.

–3,889 “ June-Oct 10 Keating 1879, 101; NYT, 7 Oct 1888; Sternberg 1908, 719;

U.S. Marine Hospital Service. 1896, p. 438.

— ? Plaquemine Carrigan. The Saffron Scourge. 1961, p. 126.

Mississippi ( >27)

— ? Biloxi Keating. A History of the Yellow Fever… 1879, p. 90.

— 8 Natchez Oct 8 Liberty Weekly Tribune, MO. 10-20-1858, p. 1, col. 6.[16]

— ? Vicksburg Daily Ledger, New Albany, IN. 11-18-1858, p. 3, col. 1.[17]

–19 “ Oct 4-10 Liberty Weekly Tribune, MO. 10-20-1858, p. 1, col. 6.[18]

— ? Woodville Keating. A History of the Yellow Fever… 1879, p. 90.

South Carolina ( 717)

— 717 Charleston July-Dec Keating. A History of the Yellow Fever… 1879, p. 90.

— 717 “ Sternberg 1908, 719; USMHS 1896, 438

— 680 “ New York Times, “The Yellow Fever,” 12-3-1871.

— ? Fort Moultrie Aug 15 start. Keating. A History of the Yellow Fever… 1879, p. 90.

Texas ( 685)

— 41 Brownsville, Aug-Nov Keating 1879, 90.

— 344 Galveston, Aug 27-Nov 14 Keating 1879, 90; US Marine-Hospital Service. 1896, 438.

— ? Houston Keating. A History of the Yellow Fever… 1879, p. 90.[19]

— 300 Indianola (German immigrants). Block 2007.

Maritime ( >90)

— 27 The Echo, onboard while at Charleston, SC (Sep 29 report).[20]

— 1 Bark Hebron, New Orleans to Boston quarantine station. (Others removed to hospital.)[21]

— 1 Ship Camden; Captain Bolles, onboard at Charleston, Aug 25.[22]

— 2 Ship Columbus, of Maine, on way from New Orleans to Liverpool, puts into NYC port.[23]

— 13 Ship Sparkling Wave, of Boston, from Havana to Savannah.[24]

— ? U.S. Sloop of War Constellation (cases on board, in port at Boston).[25]

— ? U.S. Sloop of War Jamestown “

— 46 USS Susquehanna[26] Trask 2005, p. 8.

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[1] Daily Commercial Register, Sandusky, OH. “Yellow Fever.” 9-15-1858, p. 3, col. 5.

[2] “Savannah, Sept. 22. Deaths by yellow fever in this city last week were twenty. Augusta continues healthy.” A different report out of Savannah on Sep 24 noted “The total number of fever cases from the 15^th to the 21^st of September, both inclusive, has been 29. Since Tuesday the alarm has subsided.” (Weekly Ledger, New Albany, IN. 9-29-1858, p. 3, col. 3.)

[3] “Savannah, Sept. 29. — The interments for the week number 35f, including nine from yellow fever. The deaths yesterday were eight, including two from fever.”

[4] “Savannah, Oct. 1.–The interments to-day were twelve, including five from yellow fever.”

[5] “Savannah, Oct. 2, 1858….Whole number of interments this day six, of which three were from yellow fever.”

[6] “Savannah, Oct. 4. The interments yesterday were 6, of which 3 were from yellow fever.”

[7] “At Savannah, Ga., there were during the week ending on the 12^th 32 deaths, of which 15 were from yellow fever.”

[8] “Savannah, Oct. 13, 1858. Whole number of interments this day 7, of which two were from yellow fever.”

[9] “Savannah, Oct. 14. The deaths to-day were 8, of which 2 were from yellow fever.”

[10] “Savannah, Oct 22.–There was one interment from yellow fever to-day.”

[11] “23d.–There were six interments to-day, including four from yellow fever.”

[12] “Savannah, Ga., Nov. 8. There have been six deaths in this city during the last forty-eight hours, of which five were from yellow fever.”

[13] “The Yellow Fever has made its appearance at Louisville, and will probably reach Indianapolis yet.”

[14] Carrigan notes this was from a population of 166,000.

[15] “The yellow fever has about ceased its ravages at New Orleans, after prevailing with more or less severity since July. During the period extending from June 20^th to Nov. 21^st, the official reports of interments show that the deaths in the city amounted to 8,296, of which 4,850 were of yellow fever and 3,446 of other diseases. It appears that the greater part of the mortality was between the 25^th of July and the 14^th of November…During that time, a period of sixteen weeks, or one hundred and twelve days, the deaths were from yellow fever 4,794, other diseases 2,766, total 7,560. This is at the average rate of about 473 per week, or about 67 per day. The average population of New Orleans during the epidemic was probably not more than 160,000….”

[16] “…a slight increase.”

[17] “The yellow fever has entirely disappeared from Vicksburgh.” A Nov 6, Defiance (OH) Democrat, piece noted” “The yellow fever has almost depopulated Vicksburg, Miss.”

[18] “The Yellow Fever….At Vicksburg, for the week ending on the 10^th, there were six deaths from the fever. During the same period, there were eleven deaths from fever at the Hospital, two at the Marine Hospital, and two on the river — altogether, 19 deaths from the disease in Vicksburg. This is an increase, caused…by the injudicious influx of unacclimated persons from the North.”

[19] Liberty Weekly Tribune, MO. “The Yellow Fever.” 10-20-1858, p. 1, col. 6. notes” The Galveston News of the 7^th inst. informs us that the fever was prevailing with much severity both at that place and Houston.”

[20] Sandusky Daily Commercial Register, OH. “Deaths on Board the Echo.” 9-21-1858, p. 3, col. 4.

[21] Boston Post, MA. 8-11-1858, p. 2, col. 5.

[22] New-York Times. 8-30-1858, p. 1, col. 5.

[23] The captain died after leaving New Orleans, put into NYC for new orders. (NYT. 8-9-1858, p. 4, col. 6.)

[24] New York Times. 8-9-1858, p. 4, col. 1.

[25] Marian Star, SC. 8-10-1858, p. 1. col. 4.

[26] “In the spring of 1858, Passed Assistant Surgeon Robert T. Maccoun of the Susquehanna experienced a medical nightmare. The first fatal case of yellow fever struck while the frigate anchored off San Juan, Puerto Rico. The ship steamed away from the island to shake the grip of the fever, but the virus continued to flourish. In the end, there were 170 cases of fever out of a total complement of 300 individuals; 46 of the sick died.”

1858 — Yellow Fever, esp. Charleston SC/717; Galveston/344 & Indianola/300; New Orleans/4855–6,490