Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)

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American Civil War battle naval battle

The Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) was an 1862 Union naval campaign during the American Civil War in which Admiral David Farragut’s fleet captured the strategically vital port city of New Orleans from the Confederacy.

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Battle of New Orleans (American Civil War)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Capture of New Orleans ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaign	Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ surface form: Union Mississippi River campaign
commander	Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ Admiral David Farragut ⓘ surface form: David G. Farragut John K. Mitchell ⓘ Mansfield Lovell ⓘ
commandStructure	Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ surface form: Union Navy West Gulf Blockading Squadron under David G. Farragut
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
consequence	Union control of key Gulf Coast port ⓘ loss of major Confederate industrial and commercial center ⓘ severe blow to Confederate morale ⓘ strengthened Union naval blockade in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	April 1862 ⓘ
defenses	Confederate river forts, obstructions, and fire rafts on the Mississippi River ⓘ
endDate	April 28, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy	Butler’s administration of New Orleans ⓘ Union occupation and administration of New Orleans ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Mississippi River ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1860s ⓘ
involved	Confederate River Defense Fleet ⓘ Fort St. Philip ⓘ surface form: Confederate forts Jackson and St. Philip Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
location	New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
navalForceSize	Union fleet of wooden warships and gunboats ⓘ
objective	capture New Orleans ⓘ secure lower Mississippi River for the Union ⓘ
outcome	Union fleet passed Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip ⓘ Union occupation of New Orleans ⓘ
partOf	Union campaign against the Mississippi River ⓘ
precededBy	bombardment of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip ⓘ
region	Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Lower Mississippi Valley
relatedEvent	Battle of Port Hudson ⓘ surface form: Siege of Port Hudson Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	April 18, 1862 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of access to the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ largest city in the Confederacy ⓘ major Confederate port and commercial center ⓘ
tactic	Union fleet ran past Confederate forts on the Mississippi River ⓘ naval bombardment of Confederate river forts ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year	1862 ⓘ

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Admiral David Farragut → notableBattle → Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) ⓘ

subject surface form: David Farragut

this entity surface form: Battle of New Orleans (American Civil War)

George Dewey → participatedIn → Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) ⓘ