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Author : Joseph W. Shively
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book "The U.S.S. Missisippi at the Capture of New Orleans, 1862." written by Joseph W. Shively and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chester G. Hearn
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807140910
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Capture of New Orleans 1862 written by Chester G. Hearn and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 24, 1862, Federal gunboats made their way past two Confederate forts to ascend the Mississippi, and the Union navy captured the city of New Orleans. How did the South lose its most important city? In this exhaustively researched, authoritative, well-argued study, Chester Hearn examines the decisions, actions, individuals, and events that brought about the capture of New Orleans - and forever weakened the Confederate war machine. Hearn directs his inquiry to the heart of government, both Union and Confederate, and takes a hard look at the selection of military and naval leaders, the use of natural and financial resources, and the performances of all personnel involved. The decisions of Jefferson Davis, Stephen R. Mallory, and three Confederate secretaries of war, he holds, were as much to blame for the fall of New Orleans as David Farragut's warships. Hearn also scrutinizes the role of Major General Mansfield Lovell and evaluates the investigation that ended his career. Hearn's explorations bring us into a flourishing New Orleans and introduce Louisiana leaders Thomas O. Moore and the debilitated old men sent to prepare the state for war: Major General David E. Twiggs and Commodore Lawrence Rousseau. We follow their trifling efforts to defend the lower Mississippi and General Lovell's frustrations in attempting to arm forts and obtain cooperation from the navy, and we come to understand the dismay of such leaders as P.G.T. Beauregard and Braxton Bragg as they witnessed this bungling. Hearn traces the building of the ironclads Manassas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and investigates the reason for their failure to defend New Orleans.
Author : Chester G. Hearn
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807151645
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Capture of New Orleans 1862 written by Chester G. Hearn and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1995-08-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 24, 1862, Federal gunboats made their way past two Confederate forts to ascend the Mississippi River, and the Union navy captured New Orleans. News of the loss of the Crescent City came to Jefferson Davis as an absolute shock. In this exhaustive study, Chester G. Hearn examines the decisions, actions, individuals, and events to explain why. He directs his inquiry to the heart of government, both Union and Confederate, and takes a hard look at the selection of military and naval leaders, the use of natural and financial resources, and the performances of all personnel involved. His vivid, fast-paced narrative provides fascinating reading, as well as penetrating insight into this crucial campaign.
Author : Chester G. Hearn
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807140918
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (49 download)
Download or read book The Capture of New Orleans 1862 written by Chester G. Hearn and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 24, 1862, Federal gunboats made their way past two Confederate forts to ascend the Mississippi, and the Union navy captured the city of New Orleans. How did the South lose its most important city? In this exhaustively researched, authoritative, well-argued study, Chester Hearn examines the decisions, actions, individuals, and events that brought about the capture of New Orleans - and forever weakened the Confederate war machine. Hearn directs his inquiry to the heart of government, both Union and Confederate, and takes a hard look at the selection of military and naval leaders, the use of natural and financial resources, and the performances of all personnel involved. The decisions of Jefferson Davis, Stephen R. Mallory, and three Confederate secretaries of war, he holds, were as much to blame for the fall of New Orleans as David Farragut's warships. Hearn also scrutinizes the role of Major General Mansfield Lovell and evaluates the investigation that ended his career. Hearn's explorations bring us into a flourishing New Orleans and introduce Louisiana leaders Thomas O. Moore and the debilitated old men sent to prepare the state for war: Major General David E. Twiggs and Commodore Lawrence Rousseau. We follow their trifling efforts to defend the lower Mississippi and General Lovell's frustrations in attempting to arm forts and obtain cooperation from the navy, and we come to understand the dismay of such leaders as P.G.T. Beauregard and Braxton Bragg as they witnessed this bungling. Hearn traces the building of the ironclads Manassas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and investigates the reason for their failure to defend New Orleans.
Author : Asher 1800-1878 Taylor
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781373585325
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (853 download)
Download or read book NOTES OF CONVERSATIONS W/A VOL written by Asher 1800-1878 Taylor and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Asher Taylor
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781359536785
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Notes of Conversations with a Volunteer Officer in the United States Navy, on the Passage of the Forts Below New Orleans, April 24th, 1862, and Other Points of Service on the Mississippi River During That Year written by Asher Taylor and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Asher Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332170357
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Notes of Conversations With a Volunteer Officer in the United States Navy, on the Passage of the Forts Below New Orleans, April 24th, 1862 written by Asher Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes of Conversations With a Volunteer Officer in the United States Navy, on the Passage of the Forts Below New Orleans, April 24th, 1862: And Other Points of Service on the Mississippi River During That Year Captain Gorham Coffin Taylor, of the city of York, received the appointment of Volunteer Master's Mate in the U. S. Navy, in the forepart of November, 1861. He immediately proceeded, under orders, to Washington, and reported at the Navy Yard there, and was placed, together with a number of others - Captains, Mates and Second Mates, volunteers from the merchant service - under instruction in the peculiar duties of the navy - "The lore of the bold and the brave." An experience of ten years at sea as boy, seaman, mate and captain, had given him all the qualification in practical seamanship, and sailor-craft generally, that could be desired. In December he was ordered to Philadelphia, and attached to the Sciola, gun-boat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Michael D. Pierson
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807887021
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Mutiny at Fort Jackson written by Michael D. Pierson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Orleans was the largest city--and one of the richest--in the Confederacy, protected in part by Fort Jackson, which was just sixty-five miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, Confederate soldiers at Fort Jackson rose up in mutiny against their commanding officers. New Orleans fell to Union forces soon thereafter. Although the Fort Jackson mutiny marked a critical turning point in the Union's campaign to regain control of this vital Confederate financial and industrial center, it has received surprisingly little attention from historians. Michael Pierson examines newly uncovered archival sources to determine why the soldiers rebelled at such a decisive moment. The mutineers were soldiers primarily recruited from New Orleans's large German and Irish immigrant populations. Pierson shows that the new nation had done nothing to encourage poor white men to feel they had a place of honor in the southern republic. He argues that the mutineers actively sought to help the Union cause. In a major reassessment of the Union administration of New Orleans that followed, Pierson demonstrates that Benjamin "Beast" Butler enjoyed the support of many white Unionists in the city. Pierson adds an urban working-class element to debates over the effects of white Unionists in Confederate states. With the personal stories of soldiers appearing throughout, Mutiny at Fort Jackson presents the Civil War from a new perspective, revealing the complexities of New Orleans society and the Confederate experience.
Author : United States. Navy Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Reports of the Naval Engagements on the Mississippi River, Resulting in the Capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and the City of New Orleans, and the Destruction of the Rebel Naval Flotilla written by United States. Navy Department and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benton Rain Patterson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078645900X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Mississippi River Campaign, 1861-1863 written by Benton Rain Patterson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-08-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling the story of the Civil War's Mississippi River Campaign through the experiences of leading officers, ordinary soldiers, and civilians, this book explains how the river campaign came to be one of the key tenets of the Union's strategy and a fundamental contributor to the war's ultimate outcome. It describes the Union's drive down the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, the drive up the river from the Gulf of Mexico, and the capturing of key cities and rebel fortifications along the way, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Memphis, Vicksburg, and finally, Port Hudson, Louisiana. The text is supplemented with 24 historical photographs from the Library of Congress and the National Archives.
Author : Larry J. Daniel
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Island No. 10 written by Larry J. Daniel and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 1996-04-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is useful to historians of the Civil War who wish to draw on it for an authoritative account of this campaign, and Civil War buffs will want it in their libraries". -- James M. McPherson Princeton University
Author : LCDR Christopher L. Sledge USN
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786251280
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book The Union’s Naval War In Louisiana, 1861-1863 written by LCDR Christopher L. Sledge USN and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Union naval operations in Louisiana featured some of the most important operations of the Civil War, led by two of the US Navy’s most distinguished officers. During the period from 1861 to 1863, Admirals David G. Farragut and David D. Porter led Union naval forces in Louisiana in conducting: a blockade of the New Orleans, the Confederacy’s largest city and busiest commercial port; a naval attack to capture New Orleans in April 1862; and joint operations to secure the Mississippi River, culminating in the surrender of Vicksburg and Port Hudson in July 1863. These operations have been the focus of many historical studies, but their relationship to Union naval strategy has often been overlooked. The primary elements of that strategy, as it applied in Louisiana, were a blockade of the Confederate coast and joint operations on the Mississippi River. This thesis studies the influences that shaped Union naval strategy in order to provide a strategic context for analyzing the development of naval operations in Louisiana from the implementation of the blockade to the opening of the Mississippi River. The result is a historical case study of the relationship between naval strategy and operations in a joint environment.
Author : Lawrence Lee Hewitt
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807119617
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi written by Lawrence Lee Hewitt and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the evidence of the site has nearly vanished, Port Hudson, Louisiana, holds a distinct place in Civil War History. Located just north of Baton Rouge, the village was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River and the site of the longest genuine siege in American military history. In Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi, Lawrence Hewitt offers a compelling account of the Confederate occupation of Port Hudson in August, 1862, and the Union's efforts to capture the stronghold, culminating in a final unsuccessful assault in May, 1863. Throughout his study, Hewitt offers a colorful narrative account of daily life in the garrison, the commanders' strategies, and the importance of Port Hudson to the war.Wanting to strengthen their hold on Vicksburg, the Confederates begna constructing earthworks for a battery at Port Hudson in early April, 1862. By late summer, the first troops began arriving for duty. As thee soldiers fortified the bluff, they sought to avoid drawing fire from Union naval vessels already present in the area. Throughout their occupation of Port Hudson, the Confederate troops were able to hold their position tenaciously, fighting off Federal efforts to block supply ships by controlling the mouth of the Red River. The Union's failure to starve out the Confederates eventually led them to launch a direct assault on Port Hudson. This attack was unsuccessful and was followed by an equally disastrous siege. Consequently, Port Hudson did not surrender until after the capitulation of Vicksburg in 1863.Hewitt also discusses a unique outcome of this period of the war: the increased enlistment of black soldiers in northern units. According to the author, the newspaper coverage of the charge by black troops at Port Hudson proved to be vital in convincing the northern masses to accept the enlistment of nearly 180,000 black soldiers in the army before the end of the war. Port Hudson will generate renewed interest in and discussion of an important period in Civil War history among scholars and Civil War buffs alike.
Author : United States. Navy Dept
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion written by United States. Navy Dept and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Medal of Honor, 1861-1949 written by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert M. Browning Jr.
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817318461
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Lincoln's Trident written by Robert M. Browning Jr. and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln's Trident is the definitive account of the US Navy's West Gulf Blockading Squadron's quarantine of the Confederacy in the central and western Gulf of Mexico and adjacent river systems.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1074 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-1963 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
