The capture of New Orleans
Subtitle: Union fleet takes control of the lower Mississippi River
By: Wendy Vierow.
Series: Headlines from history
Publisher: PowerKids Press/Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature.; New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the Union victory at New Orleans during the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The United States fights a Civil War; title: The Union and Confederacy navies; title: President Lincoln calls for a blockade; title: David G. Farragut joins the Union navy; title: A Union fleet sails to New Orleans; title: The Union captures New Orleans; title: Union troops take control of New Orleans; title: African Americans join the Union army; title: Louisiana's native guard joins the Union; title: The Confederacy suffers without New Orleans.