A mortal blow to the Confederacy : the fall of New Orleans, 1862 /
"Abraham Lincoln knew if the Union could cut off shipping to and from New Orleans, the largest exporting port in the world, and control the Mississippi River, it would be a mortal blow to the Confederate economy. Union military leaders devised a secret plan to attack the city from the Gulf of M...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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California :
Savas Beatie,
[2020]
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| Series: | Emerging Civil War series
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "Abraham Lincoln knew if the Union could cut off shipping to and from New Orleans, the largest exporting port in the world, and control the Mississippi River, it would be a mortal blow to the Confederate economy. Union military leaders devised a secret plan to attack the city from the Gulf of Mexico with a formidable naval flotilla under one commander, David G. Farragut, a native New Orleanian"-- |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781611214901 1611214904 |
