Yellow fever strikes the blockade-running base at Bermuda
April 1864, St. George's, Bermuda.
- Date
- April 1864
- Where
- St. George's, Bermuda
- What happened
- Other
- Event
- 97 of 174
A yellow fever outbreak struck Bermuda in April 1864 and threatened Confederate blockade running from the island. Dr. Luke Blackburn went to Bermuda to treat soldiers and civilians, and the epidemic did not abate until mid-October. The blockade-running trade on Bermuda was based at St. George's.