David G. Farragut, flag officer of the Federal West Gulf Blockading Squadron, proceeds with his plan to capture New Orleans, the Confederacy’s largest and richest city.
Category: Louisiana
The Louisiana Secession
Delegates to the Louisiana State Convention at Baton Rouge vote 113 to 17 to become the sixth state to secede from the Union.
Disunion Spreads Throughout the South
As the secession frenzy intensified in Georgia, it began rapidly spreading into other southern states as well.