Capture of New Orleans

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event in the American Civil War land battle military operation naval battle

The Capture of New Orleans was a pivotal 1862 Union naval and land operation during the American Civil War that seized the Confederacy’s largest city and key Gulf Coast port, dealing a major strategic and economic blow to the South.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip	8
Capture of New Orleans canonical	6
Union occupation of New Orleans	2
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip (1862)	1
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip in 1862	1
New Orleans campaign	1
Operations against Forts Jackson and St. Philip	1
Union capture and occupation of New Orleans	1
Union military occupation of Louisiana	1
Union military occupation of New Orleans	1
capture of New Orleans (1862)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3756545 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Capture of New Orleans
Context triple: [Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations), alsoKnownAs, Capture of New Orleans]

A. Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812, where forces led by Andrew Jackson repelled a much larger British army and boosted U.S. national pride.
B. Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
C. Battle of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay was a major American Civil War naval engagement in 1864, famous for Admiral David Farragut’s bold attack that sealed one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf ports.
D. Battle of Port Hudson
The Battle of Port Hudson was a major American Civil War siege in Louisiana where Union forces sought to secure control of the Mississippi River by capturing a key Confederate stronghold.
E. Fort Donelson campaign
The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Capture of New Orleans
Target entity description: The Capture of New Orleans was a pivotal 1862 Union naval and land operation during the American Civil War that seized the Confederacy’s largest city and key Gulf Coast port, dealing a major strategic and economic blow to the South.

A. Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812, where forces led by Andrew Jackson repelled a much larger British army and boosted U.S. national pride.
B. Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
C. Battle of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay was a major American Civil War naval engagement in 1864, famous for Admiral David Farragut’s bold attack that sealed one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf ports.
D. Battle of Port Hudson
The Battle of Port Hudson was a major American Civil War siege in Louisiana where Union forces sought to secure control of the Mississippi River by capturing a key Confederate stronghold.
E. Fort Donelson campaign
The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the American Civil War ⓘ land battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States (Union) ⓘ linked to: United States of America
campaign	Union naval campaign in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
commander	Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ David G. Farragut ⓘ linked to: Admiral David Farragut Mansfield Lovell ⓘ
commandStructure	Department of the Gulf ⓘ West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ linked to: Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
date	1862 ⓘ
effect	Union control of lower Mississippi River ⓘ closure of major Confederate port for trade ⓘ major economic blow to the Confederacy ⓘ
endDate	April 29, 1862 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped secure Union naval dominance in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ weakened Confederate control of the Mississippi River ⓘ
involvedFortification	Fort Jackson ⓘ Fort St. Philip ⓘ
involvedMilitaryBranch	Confederate Army ⓘ linked to: Confederate States Army Confederate Navy ⓘ linked to: Confederate States Navy Union Army ⓘ Union Navy ⓘ
involvedWaterway	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ
location	New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ linked to: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
notableCommanderRank	Flag Officer David G. Farragut ⓘ linked to: Admiral David Farragut Major General Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ linked to: Benjamin F. Butler Major General Mansfield Lovell ⓘ
occupation	Union military occupation of New Orleans ⓘ linked to: Capture of New Orleans
partOf	Union campaign in the Western Theater ⓘ
precededBy	bombardment of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip ⓘ
relatedTo	Anaconda Plan ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	April 18, 1862 ⓘ
strategicImportance	key Mississippi River port ⓘ largest city in the Confederacy ⓘ major Gulf Coast port ⓘ
subsequentEvent	Butler’s administration of New Orleans ⓘ implementation of Union control over Louisiana coast ⓘ
tactic	amphibious operation ⓘ naval bombardment ⓘ running past Confederate river forts ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited