The Capture of New Orleans, 1862

By Chester G. Hearn

Book Overview

Analyzes the decisions and misjudgments of Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders that led to the Union Navy capture of New Orleans on April 24, 1862.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807119458
• ISBN13: 9780807119457
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

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.