A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy : The Fall of New Orleans 1862

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828573903321
• Autore: Bielski Mark F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Havertown : , : Savas Beatie, , 2021; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-61121-490-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 pages)
• Collana: Emerging Civil War
• Disciplina: 973.731
• Soggetti: New Orleans (La.) History Capture, 1862
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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 Mexico with a formidable naval flotilla under one commander, David G. Farragut, a native New Orleanian"--