Full Description
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.
Contents
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
