North America 157 years ago today: Capture of New Orleans (01 May 1862) https://buff.ly/2GQUF9N Union successes in Tennessee forced the Confederates to send troops and materiel north up the Mississippi River, stripping their defenses in the south. However, this made New Orleans vulnerable, and, when the Union fleet sailed upriver to attack it, it fell swiftly. Through simple negligence, the Confederacy had lost its largest city and most important commercial port. #northamerica #history #welovemaps #map #1860s #1862 #americancivilwar #americanhistory #ushistory #historyofusa #confederacy #worldhistory #warbetweenstates #frenchintervention #may #may1 #mexicanempire #napoleoniii #usmilitary #militaryhistory #britishempire #19thcentury #maps #victorianera #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw6Y1o-A8Kp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ogoqp10w0vqz