Though Northern cities such as New York and Boston freed themselves of the curse after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade, yellow fever flourished in the South for decades after the Civil War.

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Before health boards, these volunteers came together to fight yellow fever in Louisiana Curious Louisiana share the history of New Orleans’ Howard Association ...

He had planned to write a dissertation on the primary cause of the Civil War but says he was distracted by “The Yellow Rose of Texas” and did not return to the Civil War topic until a decade ...

A man is vaccinated during a campaign of vaccination against yellow fever at the transport terminal, after the Colombian government declared a health emergency due to the increase in infections ...

Yellow Jack, commonly known as yellow fever, attacked Tallahassee and the surrounding areas, even making headlines in other states.

He was a member of the Lookouts fire company. When the Yellow Fever hit and many Chattanoogans died, Mayor Carlile remained in town on the side of Cameron Hill.

He remained in Canada after the war. Not until 1867 did Blackburn see his chance to return to the U.S. He had heard of a Yellow Fever outbreak in Louisiana and Texas and used it to his advantage.

Richard Henry Greene made history as Yale University’s first Black graduate and later served as a physician during the American Civil War. Born in 1833 in New Haven, Connecticut, Greene was the ...

From its years as the home of the Cape Fear Indians, to its colonial development, to its substantial role in the Civil War and the defining decades that followed, host Hunter Ingram and a ...