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The Capture of New Orleans 1862
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On April 24, 1862, Federal gunboats made their way past two Confederate forts to ascend the Mississippi River, and the Union navy captured New Orleans. News of the loss of the Crescent City came to Jefferson Davis as an absolute shock. In this exhaustive study, Chester G. Hearn examines the decisions, actions, individuals, and events to explain why. He directs his inquiry to the heart of government, both Union and Confederate, and takes a hard look at the selection of military and naval leaders, the use of natural and financial resources, and the performances of all personnel involved. His vivid, fast-paced narrative provides fascinating reading, as well as penetrating insight into this crucial campaign.
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A. Houghton, USS, 273
Abby Bradford, 64
Adams, Daniel, 11
Adams, Robert, USN, 273
Adolph Hugel, USS, 181, 272
Alden, James, 126, 131, 153β54, 156, 198, 210, 225, 231, 236, 242β43, 269
Algiers, 3, 7, 69, 79, 116, 246
defenses at 121β22
Allen, Edward J., 227
Allen, Henry W., 129
Allen, Nathaniel P., 93
Anderson, Robert Jβ 29, 35
Andrew, John, 133
Anglo-Norman (River Defense Fleet), 123
Anglo-Saxon (River Defense Fleet), 123
Arizona (River Defense Fleet), 123
Arkansas, CSS, 259, 260
Arietta, USS, 181, 183, 272
Arnold, Thomas, 232
Atlantic (River Defense Fleet), 123
Austin, Charles, 87
Bache, Alexander D., 179
Bacon, George B., 201, 207
Bailey, Theodorus, 131, 152β53, 206, 256, 269
demands New Orleans surrender, 238, 245β44
runs gauntlet, 209β10, 221, 224β25, 231, 241
Baker, Marion A., 244, 246
Baldwin, Charles H., 272
Barnard, John G., 173β76
Barron, Samuel, 261
Bartlett, John R, 228β29, 231
Baton Rouge, 11β13, 15, 18, 29
Beauregard, Pierre G. T., 2, 3, 28, 29, 31, 34, 66, 120, 180, 243
on defense of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 19β21, 25, 27
Beggs, James, 240
Bell, Henry H., 126, 177β78, 180, 182, 198β99, 206, 269
at City Hall, 244, 246β48
and breaking chain barrier 201β203
runs gauntlet, 231
Bell, John, 9
Belligerent rights, 35β36
Benjamin, Judah P., 4, 6, 11, 15, 21β22, 24, 26, 148
depletes Lovellβs force, 122
relationship with Lovell, 108β109, 116β19, 123
and River Defense Fleet, 123, 138β40, 145
strips New Orleans of troops and materiel, 122
Bienvenu, Charles, 15
Bienville, CSS, 73, 106, 141
Bienville (packet ship), 26
Blair, Montgomery, 34, 101, 103
Blanchard, Francis E., 272
Boggs, Charles S., 221β23, 269
Bond, Richard C, 253
Booth, John C, 29
Bowie, T.C., 178
Boynton, Charles B, 259
Bradford, Charles M., 13β14
Bradley, John B., 231
Bragg, Braxton, 2, 13β14, 18β19, 31, 118β20, 149
Bragg, Mrs. Braxton, 108
Breckinridge, John C, 9, 132
Breese, K. Randolph, 181, 183, 273
Brooklyn, USS, 37β38, 40β43, 67β68, 126, 130, 135, 152, 177, 206, 246, 256, 269β70
armament of, 270
casualties of, 275
fight with Manassas, 230
gets entangled in chain barrier, 228β29
runs gauntlet, 210, 224β25, 227β31, 234, 241β42
Brown, George W., USN, 272
Brown, Henry, USN, 272
Brown, John, 10β11
Buchanan, James, 17, 34
Bulloch, James D., 26β27
Butler, Benjamin F., 5, 98, 129, 173, 186, 195, 199, 266
at New Orleans, 238, 245, 248, 263, 265
background of, 131β35
participation in capture of forts, 204, 256β57
postwar career, 267
opinion of, at New Orleans, 266
relations with Farragut, 135, 168, 200, 248
relations with McClellan, 131
relations with Porter, 134, 248, 255β57, 266
surrender of forts, 250β51, 255
Butler, Mrs. Benjamin R, 134β35, 187
C. P. Williams, USS, 181, 272
Cable, George W., 243, 248
Caldwell, Charles H. B., 14, 184, 206β207, 269
breaks chain barrier, 201β203
runs gauntlet, 233
Calhoun, CSS, 36β37, 70, 84β85, 93
Callahan, James M., 258
Capers, R. C., 12
Carondelet, CSS, 73, 106, 141
Cayuga, USS, 182, 206, 237β38, 269β70
armament of, 270
casualties of, 275
leads squadron through chain barrier, 218
runs gauntlet, 209β10, 218, 220β23, 231, 234, 241β42
Charles Houston (River Defense Fleet), 123
Charleston, SC, 21, 28, 29, 34β35
Chase, Salmon P., 40
Christian, Abraham, 273
Clay, Clement C., 261
Clifton, USS, 168, 178, 180β81, 210
armament of, 272
Collins, John, Jr., 182, 272
Colorado, USS, 131, 152β54
Committee of Public Safety. See New Orleans
Committee on Naval Affairs, 24, 26β27, 36, 261
Confederate Congress, 23β24, 64, 118, 138β39, 262β63
Conrad, Charles M., 24, 261
Craven, Thomas T., 126, 127, 130β31, 256, 269
runs gauntlet, 227β31
Crescent City. See New Orleans
Crosby, Pierce: breaks chain barrier, 201β203, 207, 269
runs gauntlet, 233
Dan Smith, USS, 181, 272, 273
Darling, John A., 273
Dart, Henry, 11
Davidson, T. G., 15
Davis, Charles H., 266
Davis, Jefferson, 1, 4, 6, 25, 27, 36, 132, 243, 246
appoints Mallory, 24
attempts to coordinate War and Navy departments, 106, 108, 122β23, 139
elected president, 23
ignores Lovellβs request for court of inquiry, 263β64
involvement with River Defense Fleet, 123, 139
issues letters of marque, 2, 32β33, 35
on New Orleans defenses, 143β44, 171, 263
reaction to Union Navy passing forts, 239
relations with Lovell, 117, 119, 149, 263β65
relations with Mallory, 144β45, 171, 173, 267
strips New Orleans of troops and matΓ©...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Introduction
- One The Union Is Dead
- Two Notions of War
- Three Mr. Lincoln's "Impudent" Blockade
- Four Emergence of the Mosquito Fleet
- Five The Night of the Turtle
- Six Father Neptune Picks a Captain
- Seven Mansfield Lovell's Debut
- Eight Farragut Steams South
- Nine New Orleans Shudders
- Ten Out of the Mud
- Eleven Twenty-One Bummers, All in a Row
- Twelve Recipe for Disaster
- Thirteen Seventeen Mighty Warships, All Ready to Go
- Fourteen Running the Gauntlet
- Fifteen High Noon at City Hall
- Sixteen By Land and By Water
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index