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  1. Civil-War era New Orleans, the largest city in the South, was strategically important as a port city due to its southernmost location on the Mississippi River and its access to the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. War Department early on planned for its capture. The city was taken by U.S. Army forces on April 25, 1862.

    • March 21, 1861 (3rd)
    • Shreveport
    • - Confederate troops: 50,000, - Union troops: 29,000 (24,000 black; 5,000 white) total
    • New Orleans
  2. Louisiana held an interesting political climate during the American Civil War. It was a prominent slave state; by 1860, nearly half of Louisiana’s population came from slaves. However, the state also held one of the highest populations of free blacks than anywhere in the U.S. Many whites in the major cities favored emancipation. When ...

  3. Nov 6, 2022 · The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. Joiner, Gary D. One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2003. Jones, Terry L. Lee’s Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern ...

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  5. Oct 2, 2023 · The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign, June–July 1863. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2014. Moore, Alison. The Louisiana Tigers: Or, The Two Louisiana Brigades of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861–1865. Baton Rouge: Ortlieb Press, 1961. Schreckengost, Gary. The First Louisiana Special Battalion: Wheat’s Tigers in the Civil War ...

  6. Cut off and surrounded, the garrisons of the two forts surrendered on the 28th. Result (s): Union victory. New Orleans. Civil War battles in Louisiana. Other Names: None. Location: Orleans Parish and St. Bernard Parish. Campaign: Expedition to and Capture of New Orleans (1862) Date (s): April 25 May 1, 1862. Principal Commanders: Flag-Officer ...

  7. Apr 7, 2020 · LOUISIANA-- 16th Battalion Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion). April 13: Skirmish, Porter's and McWilliams' Plantation at Indian Bend: CONNECTICUT-- 13th and 25th Infantry. LOUISIANA-- 1st Cavalry (Detachment); 1st Infantry. MAINE-- 12th and 22d Infantry. NEW YORK-- 6th, 91st and 131st Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "L" 1st Arty.

  8. Jan 22, 2024 · In this article, we explore Louisiana’s 10 Most Significant Civil War Battles and their impact upon on the wider conflict. 1. Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana (April 18-28, 1862) 2. Capture of New Orleans, Louisiana (April 25, 1862) 3. Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (August 5, 1862) 4. Siege of Port Hudson (May 22 – July ...

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