Farragut Seizes New Orleans: Union Controls the Mississippi
Admiral David Farragut's Union fleet smashes through Confederate defenses and captures New Orleans, the Confederacy's largest port and primary trade hub. This decisive blow severs the South's economic lifeline and grants the North control of the Mississippi River, effectively splitting the Confederacy in two.
April 29, 1862
164 years ago
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