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: |
California :
Savas Beatie,
[2020]
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Colección: | Emerging Civil War series
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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 (1 volume) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781611214901 1611214904 |