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Capture of New Orleans (view source)
Revision as of 18:18, December 6, 2010
, 18:18, December 6, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Capture of New Orleans |image= |begin=April 25, 1862 |end=May 1, 1862 |place=Orleans St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana |theater=Lower Seaboard Theater |campaign..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Capture of New Orleans
|image=
|begin=April 25, 1862
|end=May 1, 1862
|place=Orleans St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Expedition to and Capture of New Orleans
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Department of the Gulf
|combatants2=Department No. 1
|commanders1=[[David Farragut|David G. Farragut]]<br/>Flag Officer, USN<br/>[[Benjamin F. Butler]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Mansfield Lovell]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=None
|casualties2=None
}}
Following the passage of forts Jackson and St. Philip, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, on April 24, 1862, the Union occupation of New Orleans was inevitable. Union Flag-Officer David G. Farragut, with his squadron, continued up the Mississippi River and demanded the surrender of the City of New Orleans the next day. The city surrendered on April 28. On May 1, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler�s army began landing at New Orleans and occupying the city. New Orleans, considered an international city and the largest city in the Confederacy, had fallen. The Union occupation of New Orleans was an event that had major international significance. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox New Orleans 1862}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1862}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Capture of New Orleans
|image=
|begin=April 25, 1862
|end=May 1, 1862
|place=Orleans St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Expedition to and Capture of New Orleans
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Department of the Gulf
|combatants2=Department No. 1
|commanders1=[[David Farragut|David G. Farragut]]<br/>Flag Officer, USN<br/>[[Benjamin F. Butler]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Mansfield Lovell]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=None
|casualties2=None
}}
Following the passage of forts Jackson and St. Philip, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, on April 24, 1862, the Union occupation of New Orleans was inevitable. Union Flag-Officer David G. Farragut, with his squadron, continued up the Mississippi River and demanded the surrender of the City of New Orleans the next day. The city surrendered on April 28. On May 1, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler�s army began landing at New Orleans and occupying the city. New Orleans, considered an international city and the largest city in the Confederacy, had fallen. The Union occupation of New Orleans was an event that had major international significance. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox New Orleans 1862}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1862}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]