1 mar 1862 año - Union strikes Confederacy from the Gulf of Mexico

Descripción:

Union navy- led by Farragut

-union gets New Orleadns (Deep South's financial center/largest city), many plantations/slaves (planters had to pay wages)

significance: slavery shown to be "destroyed an worthless", this and other Union victories significantly undermiens Confederate strength in the Mississippi Rover Valley.

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