Navy Commander who was In charge of seizing New Orleans, which was the Confederacy's largest city and busiest port (successful in doing so)
David G. Farragut
yes he did
David G. Farragut implemented Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan when he stopped the South from controlling the major waterways, such as the Mississippi River.
David Farragut, commander of Union Naval Fleet, winner of battle of New Orleans and helped control Mississippi River
Admiral David G. Farragut assumed a command of a ship at the age of 12.
Andrew jacksonAnswer:Andrew Jackson was the commander during the War of 1812. During the War Between the States Captain David Glasgow Farragut was the commander who captured New Orleans for the Union.
Flag Officers David G. Farragut and David Porter ran their fleet past Forts Jackson and St. Philip on April 24, 1862, and captured New Orleans the following day. The city surrendered without a fight after its forts fell.
In the American Civil War, Flag Officer David G. Farragut commanded the Union naval forces which, in April of 1862, captured New Orleans. Before the war's end, due to many successful operations in service of the Union, Farragut was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral. Shortly after the war, he was once again promoted to the rank of Admiral.
He was born in 1801, so that makes him 60 years old at the start of the war in 1861. He died in 1870.
It was an outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the US civil war.Faaragut was instrumental in forcing New Orleans to surrender.
Union Admiral David D. Farragut looked to capture the port city of Mobile, Alabama after the fall of New Orleans. The Navy Department however delayed this move. They believed the next point of attack should be at Vicksburg.
Andrew Jackson. Jean Laffite the pirate helped too, though.