1862 Civil War display newspaper CAPTURE of NEW ORLEANS La by UNION FORCES Maps

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1862 Civil War headline newspaper with news of the CAPTURE of the Confederate port city of
NEW ORLEANS
Louisiana by UNION FORCES
- inv # 3Z-207
SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL Civil War NEWSPAPER, the
New York Herald
dated April 29, 1862
.
This newspaper contains prominent front page maps and inside-page "stacked" headlines and a long, detailed report of the
CAPTURE of the Confederate port city of NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana by Union naval forces.
Great display newspaper on the Capture of the important Confederate port city of NEW ORLEANS by the Union forces.
The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the
American Civil War
was an important event for the Union. Having
fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip
, the Union was unopposed in its capture of the city itself, which was spared the destruction suffered by many other
Southern
cities. However, the controversial and confrontational administration of the city by its military governor caused lasting resentment. This capture of the largest
Confederate
city was a major
turning point
and an incident of international importance.
The election of Lincoln in 1860 would inspire one of the most ardent secessionists in Louisiana, its governor,
Thomas Overton Moore
, who had taken office on January 23, 1860. Governor Moore interdicted an effort to make New Orleans a “free city”, or neutral area in the conflict. A solid Democrat, Moore organized an effective and discrete movement that voted Louisiana out of the Union in a secession convention that represented only 5 per cent of the citizens of Louisiana. Moore also ordered the Louisiana militia to seize the Federal arsenal at Baton Rouge, and the Federal forts
Fort Jackson
,
Fort St. Philip
,
Fort Pike
, which guarded the entrance to Lake Pontchartrain,
New Orleans Barracks
south of the city, and
Fort Macomb
, which guarded the
Chef Menteur Pass
. These military moves were ordered on January 8, 1861, before the secession convention. With military companies forming all over Louisiana, the convention itself was anti-climactic, voting Louisiana out of the Union 113 to 17. The outbreak of hostilities in the area of
Fort Sumter
would lead to the story of
New Orleans in the Civil War
.
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