The Confederate Yellow Fever Conspiracy

The Germ Warfare Plot of Luke Pryor Blackburn, 1864-1865

H. Leon Greene (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

262 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6890-1 (ISBN)

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Defeat was looming for the South-as the Civil War wore on. Dr. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Confederate physician, had an idea that might turn the tide: he would bring a yellow fever epidemic to the North. Tracing the plans and movements of the conspirators, this thoroughly researched history describes in detail the yellow fever plot of 1864.

Defeat was looming for the South--as the Civil War continued, paths to possible victory were fast disappearing. Dr. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Confederate physician and expert in infectious diseases, had an idea that might turn the tide: he would risk his own life and career to bring a yellow fever epidemic to the North. To carry out his mission, he would need some accomplices. Tracing the plans and movements of the conspirators, this thoroughly researched history describes in detail the yellow fever plot of 1864-1865.

H. Leon Greene is a cardiologist living in Bellingham, Washington. As emeritus professor of medicine, he has published two books, authored or co-authored more than 30 book chapters and sections and more than 250 medical scientific articles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Luke Pryor Blackburn, Lover of the South and Its Culture

2. The Scourge of Yellow Fever

3. The Canadian Confederacy

4. Maritime Shipping and the Union Blockade of Confederate Ports

5. Civil War Medicine and Dr. Blackburn

6. Dr. Blackburn’s Early Confederate Service

7. Godfrey Joseph Hyams, Co-Conspirator

8. Nefarious Schemes and Diabolical Plans

9. Plans for the Importation of Pestilence: The First Shipment of Articles Contaminated with Yellow Fever

10. The Second Shipment of Articles Contaminated with Yellow Fever

11. Trials in Canada

12. Trials in the United States

13. Jefferson Davis: His Involvement in the Plots and the Consequences

14. The Fate of the Co-Conspirators

15. Godfrey Joseph Hyams: The Aftermath

16. Dr. Luke Pryor Blackburn: Ghoul or Governor? Is This the Same Man?

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.02.2019
Zusatzinfo	27 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-6890-6 / 1476668906
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6890-1 / 9781476668901
Zustand	Neuware