A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy : The Fall of New Orleans 1862
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| Autore: |
Bielski Mark F
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| Titolo: |
A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy : The Fall of New Orleans 1862
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| Pubblicazione: | Havertown : , : Savas Beatie, , 2021 |
| ©2021 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 973.731 |
| Soggetto geografico: | New Orleans (La.) History Capture, 1862 |
| 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"-- |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Mortal Blow to the Confederacy |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy |
| ISBN: | 1-61121-490-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828573903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Emerging Civil War