Capture of New Orleans

Capture of New Orleans Began: April 25, 1862 Ended: May 1, 1862 Location: Orleans St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana Theater: Lower Seaboard Theater Campaign: Expedition to and Capture of New Orleans Outcome: Union victory Combatants Department of the Gulf Department No. 1 Commanders David G. Farragut Flag Officer, USN Benjamin F. Butler Major General, USA Mansfield Lovell Major General, CSA Strength Casualties None 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)