THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS, 1862
The Capture of New Orleans, 1862 by Chester G. Hearn, Louisiana State, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 306 pages, $26.95. An accomplished naval historian offers the first major study in 30 years of a critical Union campaign.S
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