A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy : the Fall of New Orleans 1862.
"Abraham Lincoln knew if the Union could cut off shipping to and from New Orleans, the largest exporting port in the world, and control the Mississippi River, it would be a mortal blow to the Confederate economy. Union military leaders devised a secret plan to attack the city from the Gulf of M...
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Havertown :
Savas Beatie,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Gerald J. Prokopowicz
- Prologue: Imagine
- Chapter One: King Cotton
- Chapter Two: New Orleans Prepares
- Chapter Three: First Combat
- Chapter Four: General Lovell
- Chapter Five: Union Preparations
- Chapter Six: The Forts and Outer Defenses
- Chapter Seven: Ship Island
- Chapter Eight: Farragut's Mission
- Chapter Nine: The New Year 1862
- Chapter Ten: Inside the Forts
- Chapter Eleven: The Union Fleet Moves Upriver
- Chapter Twelve: Easter Week in New Orleans
- Chapter Thirteen: A Capitulation and a Mutiny
- Chapter Fourteen: The Occupation of New Orleans
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: Louisiana History
- Appendix B: Beauvoir
- Appendix C: Confederate Memorial Hall
- Appendix D: Mrs. Gladys LeBreton on the Passing of Jefferson Davis
- Organization of Union and Confederate Fleets/Forces
- Suggested Reading
- About the Author.