Capture of New Orleans - Wikipedia
WEBThe capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was a turning point in the war that precipitated the capture of the Mississippi River. Having fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Union was unopposed in its capture of the city itself.
New Orleans in the American Civil War - Wikipedia
WEBIn January 1862, men from the free black community of New Orleans formed a regiment of Confederate soldiers called the Louisiana Native Guard. Although they were denied battle participation, the Confederates used the Guard to defend various entrenchments around New …
History of New Orleans - Wikipedia
WEBThe history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces the city's development from its founding by the French in 1718 through its period of Spanish control, then briefly back to French rule before being acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. During the War of 1812, the last major battle was the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
New Orleans in the Civil War - American Battlefield Trust
WEBSep 7, 2022 · In addition to slaves, more than half of all the cotton grown in the United States passed through New Orleans. Tobacco and sugar followed closely behind as top exports. By 1860, New Orleans embodied the image of the Deep South. On January 22, 1861, Louisiana voted to secede from the Union.
The Free People of Color of Pre-Civil War New Orleans
WEBFeb 20, 2019 · New Orleans is unique among American cities for its complicated colonial and racial history. The city was French and then Spanish before Louisiana became an American territory in 1803. A large population of free people of color, gens de couleur libres, lived amid enslaved people of color.
How Yellow Fever Turned New Orleans Into The 'City Of The Dead' - NPR
WEBOct 31, 2018 · Yellow fever was fatal. It was gruesome. And in epidemic years, during the months between July and October, it could wipe out 10 percent of the city's population. Eventually, it earned New...
Fall of New Orleans and Federal Occupation - 64 Parishes
WEBApr 20, 2023 · New Orleans was a very different city by 1865. Two groups that had been excluded in the 1860 election—immigrants and free Black people—were demanding full and equal rights by 1864. The rise of New Orleans labor as a political force would lead to the rise of machine politics during the Gilded Age.
New Orleans ‑ History, Louisiana Purchase & Hurricane Katrina
WEBApr 5, 2010 · The oldest krewes (social clubs) that host New Orleans’ many Mardi Gras parades and balls were formed before 1860. New Orleans Under Spanish Rule and the Louisiana Purchase. In 1762 and...
Fall of New Orleans and Federal Occupation - 64 Parishes
WEBSep 26, 2023 · New Orleans was a city that survived through commercial activity, and the federal blockade effectively shut down the port—the engine that drove the New Orleans economy. Imports shrank from a pre-war value of almost $156 …
WEBOn the day of the presidential election of 1860 in New Orleans, the Daily Picayune referred to the campaign as the most heated canvass seen in the city for twenty-four years.'