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Tag Archives: yellow fever
10 October 1864: “The Yellow fever is raging to such an extent at Newbern”
Item Description: Letter from Brigadier General L. S. Baker to his cousin John Kimberly explaining that because of his orders and the Yellow Fever epidemic in New Bern, North Carolina, he cannot allow him to visit New Bern. Item Citation: … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged John Kimberly, L. S. Baker, New Bern (N.C.), yellow fever
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5 November 1862: “We know as a fact, that there were eleven white persons buried yesterday – ten at Oakdale Cemetery…”
Item description: Selected articles from the 5 November 1862 issue of the Weekly State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.), all relating to the yellow fever epidemic raging in the city of Wilmington, N.C. Item citation: Selected articles, Weekly State Journal, 5 November 1862. Raleigh, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged epidemics, newspapers, North Carolina, Weekly State Journal, Wilmington, yellow fever
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1 November 1862: “Nine States in the Black Confederacy will hold elections on the 4th of this month…”
Item description: A broadside printed on 1 November 1862 by the Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal. The document reports on an outbreak of yellow fever in the Wilmington area, Halloween, elections and other news from the North, reports of England’s and … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged blockade, broadsides, disease, elections, England, France, Halloween, health, newspapers, North Carolina, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal, yellow fever
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23 October 1862: “Alas, I am sorry to say many are interred without even a prayer!”
Item description: Letter, 23 October 1862, from Henry Drane, Wilmington, N.C., to Mary Lindsay Hargrave Foxhall (1840-1911) about the yellow fever epidemic raging in the city. Item citation: From folder 1 of the Foxhall Family Papers #4531, Southern Historical Collection, The … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Foxhall family, Henry Drane, home front, illness, Mary Lindsay Hargrave Foxhall, North Carolina, Wilmington, women, yellow fever
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16 October 1862: “Some of our best men pass off daily.”
Transcription (partial): The Fever. The physicians report 86 new cases of Yellow Fever yesterday. Few make reports of deaths, but from the best information we can obtain we are led to the belief that the deaths yesterday (Wednesday) will not … Continue reading
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Tagged death notifications, newspapers, Wilmington, yellow fever
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5 October 1862: “Colonel Shaw’s body servant says the troops have left, and are in the vicinity of Wilmington, on account of yellow fever. The conscripts are from 14 to 50 years old. Many of them ran away.”
Item description: “Report of Acting Rear-Admiral Lee, U. S. Navy, regarding affairs in and about Wilmington, N. C., and the inefficiency of the blockade.” The report discusses naval actions near Wilmington, North Carolina, including reports of contraband, blockade activities, a … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged blockade, blockade running, Cape Fear River, coastal areas, coastal defenses, conscription, contrabands, disease, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Arsenal, ironclads, naval, naval operations, North Carolina, U.S.S. Minnesota, United States Navy, Wilmington, yellow fever
Comments Off on 5 October 1862: “Colonel Shaw’s body servant says the troops have left, and are in the vicinity of Wilmington, on account of yellow fever. The conscripts are from 14 to 50 years old. Many of them ran away.”
3 October 1862: “My Dear mis I rite you a few Lines for to Let you Know how we ar i hav Bin Sick all this week But am gitting Better…”
Item description: These two letters, both dated 3 October 1862, were written by two enslaved individuals owned by the DeRosset Family of Wilmington, N.C., William Thurber (who later became a minister) and Bella DeRosset. Both write about sickness among other … Continue reading
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Tagged DeRosset family, illness, North Carolina, slave letters, slavery, slaves, William Henry Thurber, Wilmington, yellow fever
Comments Off on 3 October 1862: “My Dear mis I rite you a few Lines for to Let you Know how we ar i hav Bin Sick all this week But am gitting Better…”