It closed a major port for the blockade-runners, and diminished Southern control over the Mississippi.
The capture of New Orleans was a good start. It was actually the capture of Vicksburg that was the key moment - not a city, but a major river-port.
The city captured by a Union fleet that cut off the Confederacy from receiving supplies was New Orleans. This significant event occurred in April 1862, when Union forces took control of the city, which was a vital port for Confederate trade and supply routes. The capture of New Orleans significantly weakened the Confederacy's ability to sustain its war efforts.
The first Confederate city captured by the Union Army was New Orleans in 1862. New Orleans was the largest port city in the Confederacy. By the end of the war, the Union had also captured Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, and Wilmington in order to deprive the Confederacy of supplies.
It helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River.
After the Union gained New Orleans, they could control the South of the Mississippi River
The capture of New Orleans was a good start. It was actually the capture of Vicksburg that was the key moment - not a city, but a major river-port.
The city captured by a Union fleet that cut off the Confederacy from receiving supplies was New Orleans. This significant event occurred in April 1862, when Union forces took control of the city, which was a vital port for Confederate trade and supply routes. The capture of New Orleans significantly weakened the Confederacy's ability to sustain its war efforts.
The first real steps to capture the largest city of the Confederacy, New Orleans began long before the battle to capture it actually happened. In November of 1861, Union Commander David Dixon Porter initiated the plan and convinced the Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles to help move the plans forward.
New Orleans??
To capture the city of Richmond the capital of the Confederacy.
The first Confederate city captured by the Union Army was New Orleans in 1862. New Orleans was the largest port city in the Confederacy. By the end of the war, the Union had also captured Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, and Wilmington in order to deprive the Confederacy of supplies.
ANSWER The city was the most large city of the Confederacy. By its capture the Union sized the control of the Lower Mississippi, that, in addition to the progress made on the upper course of the river, was an important step forward to gain the whole control of the river and split in to two parts the Confederacy.
The Union was closer to controlling the Mississippi.
Two union victories: New Orleans and Fort Fisher (Wilmington)
It helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River.
Because Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy, and the seat of government.
After the Union gained New Orleans, they could control the South of the Mississippi River