Prelude to Disaster: Defending Confederate New Orleans

• Other Authors: Zwilling, Andrew (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: History
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-0471

This thesis examines the defense of Confederate New Orleans during American Civil War, specifically during the year 1861 and the first four months of 1862. The importance of New Orleans to the South is first analyzed in order to give context for its defense. Then both the Confederate military perspective and the city's perspective are taken into account, resulting in the conclusion that the defense can be seen as an inevitable microcosm of the problems that generally plagued the Confederacy. Lack of material resources and manpower, confusion and division between the local population and Confederate authority, disorganized and compartmentalized leadership and overwhelming Federal industrial advantage are all issues that can be seen both in the defense of New Orleans and the Confederacy as a whole. === A Thesis submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. === Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2009. === Date of Defense: July 2, 2009. === Moore, Monroe, CSS Mississippi, Twiggs, Lovell === Includes bibliographical references. === Jim Jones, Professor Directing Thesis; Jonathan Grant, Committee Member; Sally Hadden, Committee Member.