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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Havertown :
Savas Beatie,
2021.
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Colección: | Emerging Civil War Ser.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (193 pages). |
ISBN: | 1611214904 9781611214901 |