1855 Yellow Fever Archives (Miscellaneous)

Gosport Naval Hospital Ledger

March & April 1855
Case numbers 2548-2591 (7573-7582, 2586, 2588-2591 yellow fever onboard USS Columbia)
Underlined: Casualties
James Quinn, Henry Tucker, James Grecy, John T Fisher, Richard Tynel, Patrick Mooney, Robert Coles, John Young,
William Wallace, Patrick Gilmore, Edward Fitzgerald, William Sweetman, John Brown Jr, Andrew Weston, Lorin Barney

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April 1855
Case numbers 2592-2635 (2606-2612 yellow fever onboard USS Columbia))
Underlined: Causalties
George W Campbell, Edward Southworth, Richard P Daniel, Peter Odsigo, William M Millen, John M Carr,
John Brown 3rd, Benj Hebden

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Report of Sick Citizens in the US Naval Hospital October 4, 1855
by Lewis Willis Minor, Surgeon

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Persons Who Have Died in the US Naval Hospital Since July 1, 1855

by Lewis Willis Minor, Surgeon, January 10, 1856

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US Naval Hospital Portsmouth
October 4th, 1855

Sir
In the opinion of the surgeon of the hospital my presence here is no longer required. I therefore request that I may be detached from the hospital, and that a short leave of absence, to date from the 12th of October, be granted me.

Very Respectfully
Your Obed't Servant
J C Coleman
Asst Surgeon
USN

Hon
J C Dobbin
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
DC

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Cambridge
Dorchester County M'd
October 25, 1855

Sir

On the 5th of this month Commodore McKeever kindly granted me a leave of absence for one month, after the Yellow Fever had ceased to be an epidemic and the citizen patients had left the hospital at Portsmouth.

As I am afraid it will be dangerous to take my family back again to the Hospital for some time to come, and I should also like very much to have some time to (recover?) my health in, I earnestly beg the Department to extend my leave to another month.

By granting this request you will confer a particular kindness and favor upon me. I most resepctfully request an immediate answer, as it will be necessary for me to leave on the 3rd of November in the event of my not hearing from the Department by the 1st.

I am with great respect
your ob't serv't
Thos B Steele
P'd Asst Surgeon
U. S. Navy

Hon
J C Dobbin
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
DC
Reply from Sec Nav 10-27-1855

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