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Fort's Jackson and St. Philip

with the Capture of New Orleans

​Confederate Commander

Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell

​Forces Engaged: 4,100

Killed: 12

Wounded: 40

Captured or Missing: 121

Total: 173

Confederate Officers

 

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell

C. S. Army

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Brig. Gen. Johnson K. Duncan

Bombardment and Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

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Lieut. Col. Edward Higgins

Bombardment and Capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

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Capt. M. T. Squires

Louisiana Artillery

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Brig. Gen. M. L. Smith

Operations on the Chalmette and McGehee Lines

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Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry upon the fall of New Orleans

 

Confederate Naval Official Records

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Confederate Naval Ships

 

Correspondence between Flag-Officer Mitchell, CSN and Brig. Gen. Duncan, CSA

 

Board of Inquiry

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April 16 - May 1, 1862

Orleans Parish and St. Bernard Parish, LA

Union Victory

Expedition to and Capture of New Orleans

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American Battlefield Trust

The Crescent City Explodes

New Orleans in the Civil War

10 Facts: New Orleans in the Civil War

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Naval History and Heritage Command

Flag-Officer David S. Farragut and the Capture of New Orleans

Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Great Naval Battle at New Orleans, April 24, 1862

Capture of New Orleans, 25 April 1862

Farragut at New Orleans, 1862

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Mariner's Museum and Park

Capture of New Orleans: Farragut's Rise to Fame

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Iron Brigadier

David Farragut's Report on the Passing of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

and the Capture of New Orleans

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Naval History Network

Conquering the Queen City

The Confederate Run for New Orleans

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Essential Civil War Curriculum

The Capture of New Orleans

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ThoughtCo.

Capture of New Orleans

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Legends of America

Expedition to Capture New Orleans

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Emerging Civil War

“New Orleans gone and with it the Confederacy” - The Fall of New

Orleans

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Civil War Monitor

The Surrender of New Orleans Part 1: The Men and the Skirmish

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HistoryNet.com

The Beast Turned Loose in New Orleans

Hell in the Mississippi

Fearless Farragut

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64 Parishes

Fall of New Orleans and Federal Occupation

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Maps of Fort Jackson

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Maps of Fort St. Philip

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New York Times

March 29, 1862

April 3, 1862

April 21, 1862

May 1, 1862

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Harper's Weekly

May 10, 1862

May 17, 1862

May 24, 1862

June 14, 1862

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Richmond Daily

April 18, 1862

May 3, 1862

May 12, 1862

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​Forces Engaged:

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Union Officers

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Navy Order of Battle

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Mortar Flotilla Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler

Co-operation with the naval forces, and occupation, May 1, of the city of New Orleans

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Brig. Gen. John W. Phelps

Occupation of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

 

Union Naval Official Records

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Reports of Mortar Fleet

 

Farragut to Mayor of New Orleans

 

Farragut Concerning the Foreign Embassies

 

Surrender of the Forts

 

Notes by Commodore Bell

 

Commander Porter's Attack Plans

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          National Historical Society, 2005. p 56-69

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          p 1136-1140

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Duncan, James Grimshaw and John K. Mitchell. "Confederate Responsibilities for Farragut's Success." Johnson, Robert

          Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume II-Part I. New

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          Buel. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume II-Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt.

          National Historical Society, 2005. p 91-94

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          Historical Society, 2005. p 76-89

Luraghi, Raimondo. A History of the Confederate Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. p 103-107, 125-127,

          155-157

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Meredith, William T. "Farragut's Capture of New Orleans." Johnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel. Battles

          and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume II-Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National

          Historical Society, 2005. p 70-73

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