Mansfield Lovell

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Mansfield Lovell was a Confederate major general best known for his controversial command and loss of New Orleans to Union forces during the American Civil War.

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Mansfield Lovell canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate general ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
associatedWith Confederate defenses along the Mississippi River ⓘ
birthDate 1822-10-20 ⓘ
birthPlace Washington, D.C. ⓘ
blamedFor fall of New Orleans to Union forces ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
courtOfInquiryFinding largely exonerated for the loss of New Orleans ⓘ
deathDate 1884-06-01 ⓘ
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName Lovell ⓘ
fullName Mansfield Lovell ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Mansfield ⓘ
investigatedBy Confederate court of inquiry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate States Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major general ⓘ
militaryUnit Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
notableEvent evacuation of Confederate forces from New Orleans in April 1862 ⓘ
notableFor command of the defenses of New Orleans during the American Civil War ⓘ
loss of New Orleans to Union forces in 1862 ⓘ
occupation civil engineer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
participatedIn defense of New Orleans (1862) ⓘ
positionHeld Confederate commander of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana ⓘ
postWarActivity engaged in business in New York ⓘ
worked as an engineer ⓘ
preWarExperience Mexican–American War veteran ⓘ
preWarRole deputy street commissioner of New York City ⓘ
residence New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans

New York City ⓘ
servedUnder Jefferson Davis ⓘ
servedWith Confederate general John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
serviceEntry United States Army officer before the Civil War ⓘ
joined the Confederate Army in 1861 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
yearOfPromotionToMajorGeneral 1861 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mansfield Lovell → fullName → Mansfield Lovell ⓘ
Capture of New Orleans → commander → Mansfield Lovell ⓘ
Second Battle of Corinth → commander → Mansfield Lovell ⓘ