The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 637
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
crews and condition, clothing, &c., and find all in good health except
one case of laryngitis on board the Maria Galante. This case is now
discharged and rapidly convalescing. The commanders have ren-
dered every facility in promptly executing the requirements of this
quarantine. Vessels have been fumigated and thoroughly cleaned,
crews and clothing all washed and purified. I should pronounce
favorably to granting permission for these vessels to be permitted to
continue their voyage to New Orleans without any danger whatever
of introducing an infection.
The emanations arising from decomposed vegetable matter (pota-
toes) on board the steamer Estrella, now unloaded, was, without doubt,
the worst I ever came in contact with. It was with force on' my part
alone that I could get the men to handle the barrels. So dense and
foul was the effluvia when brought from the hold of the vessels onto
the wharf that at a distance of 1,000 yards complaint was made. Such
cargoes are the rife beds of disease. No wonder New Orleans suffered
severely from pestilence by permitting the introduction, in former
years, of the like character of cargoes to be discharged alongside her
wharves, from whence infection radiated from a common center to her
inhabitants. There is likewise a quantity of Dutch cheese among her
cargo, rotten and moldy, which I shall order to be thrown into the river,
being beyond any process of purification.
An Italian brig, the Buno Corrinna, arrived to-night from Havana
direct with assorted cargo, bill of health declaring the existence of
yellow fever in an epidemic character. This vessel had three of her
crew in hospital (in H.) from yellow fever. Two died; the mate is on
board convalescing. I have forbidden (,under a very severe penalty)
any communication with this vessel by any one save myself. As her
condition (vessel) is very foul, I shall use daily powerful disinfectants
on board, in the hold, and among the passengers and cabin, before I
bring the vessel alongside of wharf. The vessel is anchored in middle
river. I would not suffer Dr. Charles W. Moore, my assistant, to board
vessel, as he is not acclimated. There are on board (this morning,
Sunday) two of her men complaining with prodromic symptoms,
whom I shall immediately place under treatment. Under all circum-
stances I shall exercise the greatest vigilance and enforcement of
quarantine laws on this vessel and her passengers and crew. I have
taken the precaution to have this vessel anchored fully one mile below
the wharf until I have her freely fumigated, then I shall haul her
alongside wharf for unloading. In case any disease develops itself
on board I will immediately communicate with you.
E. Hopkins, assistant surgeon Fourteenth Maine Regiment, a passen-
ger on board the steamer Estrella, has been on shore in my residence
since his arrival here, 21st instant-is healthy, and desirous to join his
command, now at Carrollton. I deem it prudent and safe that he be
permitted to go up.
Answer by telegram.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. A. G. FISHER,
Resident Physician.
[Inclosure No. 8.]
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, September 24, 1862.
CAPTAIN COMMANDING THE BLASCO DE GARAY:
SIR: Having reason to believe that some escaped prisoners are
attempting to leave on board of Spanish tansports, the names of two637
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/646/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.