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On April 18, 1862 Admiral David Farragut led 16-ship fleet plus a 19 mortar boats flotilla to the mouth of Mississippi. After six days of futile bombardment of the forts defending New Orleans, Farragut decided to change tactic. On April 24 he ran his fleet past the forts and then managed to defeat and destroy the little Confederate river fleet. When he approached New Orleans, about eighty miles upriver, the Confederate Commander, Gen. Lovell evacuated his garrison of 4000 men without engage a fight. The city surrendered an April 25
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