The Capture of New Orleans, 1862

by Chester G. Hearn

Book Overview

On April 24, 1862, Federal gunboats made their way past two Confederate forts to ascend the Mississippi River, and the Union navy captured New Orleans. News of the loss of the Crescent City came to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807119458
• ISBN13: 9780807119457
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great overview of the New Orleans campaign

I beg to differ with the previous reviewer. Chester G. Hearn's writing is concise, interesting, and thorough, not to mention being a great read! I would highly recommend everything he's written, in fact, with the exception of "Rebels and Yankees: Naval Battles of the Civil War" (pub. Thunder Bay Press); that one is so uncharacteristically bad that I can only conclude that a lousy editor was involved. At any rate, this one on New Orleans is a keeper.