Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)

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The Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) was an 1862 Union naval campaign during the American Civil War in which Admiral David Farragut’s fleet captured the strategically vital port city of New Orleans from the Confederacy.

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Generate an image of Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) (The Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) was an 1862 Union naval campaign during the American Civil War in which Admiral David Farragut’s fleet captured the strategically vital port city of New Orleans from the Confederacy.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Capture of New Orleans ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Union Mississippi River campaign ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Vicksburg
commander Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
David G. Farragut ⓘ
John K. Mitchell ⓘ
Mansfield Lovell ⓘ
commandStructure Union Navy West Gulf Blockading Squadron under David G. Farragut ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
consequence Union control of key Gulf Coast port ⓘ
loss of major Confederate industrial and commercial center ⓘ
severe blow to Confederate morale ⓘ
strengthened Union naval blockade in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date April 1862 ⓘ
defenses Confederate river forts, obstructions, and fire rafts on the Mississippi River ⓘ
endDate April 28, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy Butler’s administration of New Orleans ⓘ
Union occupation and administration of New Orleans ⓘ
geographicalFeature Mississippi River ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1860s ⓘ
involved Confederate River Defense Fleet ⓘ
Confederate forts Jackson and St. Philip ⓘ
linked to: Fort St. Philip

Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
location New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
navalForceSize Union fleet of wooden warships and gunboats ⓘ
objective capture New Orleans ⓘ
secure lower Mississippi River for the Union ⓘ
outcome Union fleet passed Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip ⓘ
Union occupation of New Orleans ⓘ
partOf Union campaign against the Mississippi River ⓘ
precededBy bombardment of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip ⓘ
region Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Port Hudson ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate April 18, 1862 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access to the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
largest city in the Confederacy ⓘ
major Confederate port and commercial center ⓘ
tactic Union fleet ran past Confederate forts on the Mississippi River ⓘ
naval bombardment of Confederate river forts ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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George Dewey → participatedIn → Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) ⓘ
David Farragut → notableBattle → Battle of New Orleans (American Civil War) ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral David Farragut
linked to: Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)
Union Navy → notableBattle → Battle of New Orleans (1862) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)
Gulf Coast campaign of the American Civil War → hasPart → Battle of New Orleans (1862) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)