Tag Archives: Battle of New Orleans

“New Orleans gone and with it the Confederacy” – The Fall of New Orleans

Posted on May 31, 2022 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Patrick Kelly-Fischer The signposts of my mental outline of the Civil War have always been major land battles – Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg. The histories we grew up on are framed around these titanic battles. They’re … Continue reading →

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USS Mississippi Visits Okinawa

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Chris Kolakowski

In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in the Far East to open up relations with Japan. His first flagship was USS Mississippi, a side-wheel steamer. Before going to Tokyo, Perry stopped at Okinawa to deal with the Okinawan king regarding … Continue reading →

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Failed Ironclads: CSS Mississippi and CSS Louisiana at New Orleans

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Dwight Hughes

In October 1861, the skeletons of two strange iron monsters began to emerge from the Mississippi bank at Jefferson City, just north of New Orleans. They would become the CSS Mississippi and CSS Louisiana. Confederate Navy Secretary Stephen Mallory had … Continue reading →

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