Posted inPublic Health & Medicine
Yellow Fever in New Orleans
We regret to perceive that this great scourge of the south is on the increase at New Orleans. The number of cases swells every day. Our dates are to the…
Posted inUS Civil War
March 29, 1861 – The Luetzen Jaegers
New Orleans boasts of a company of Germans—many of whom have seen service in Europe—styled the "Luetzen Jaegers." The Captain and First Lieutenant of the corps served with distinction in…