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It closed a major port for the blockade-runners, and diminished Southern control over the Mississippi.
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The capture of which city advanced the Union's goal of dividing the Confederacy in two?
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.
Which city was captured by a union fleet and thus cut off the confederacy from receiving supplies?
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.
What was the capture of new Orleans important?
It helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River.
Why was the capture of New Orleans and important victory for the North?
After the Union gained New Orleans, they could control the South of the Mississippi River
Why was the capture of new Orleans important in May 1862?
It helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi river.
