ACW: Battle of Forts Jackson and St Philip - “Capturing New Orleans”
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In Louisiana, the Union launches an ambitious offensive to seize the strategically-vital city of New Orleans - the Confederacy’s largest port and most populous city. But to reach New Orleans, the Union Navy must first punch a hole through the city’s outer defensive fortifications guarding the mouth of the Mississippi River: Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Leading this daunting task is Flag Officer David Glasgow Farragut, who begins making plans for his Western Gulf Blockading Squadron to break through the forts and reach New Orleans.
Music from Flimstro: filmstro.com/music/
Sources:
Mutiny at Fort Jackson: The Untold Story of the Fall of New Orleans by Michael D. Pierson
Opening of the Lower Mississippi by Admiral David Dixon Porter
Script written J. Woody
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You are a brave soul to be first embarking on an epic journey of story telling, second facing over a hundred and fifty years of some of the greatest historians of all time and third... well this could go on all night. Keep at it, if I were a rich man I'd help fund your project, but I'll have to just cheer you on from the sidelines.
Thanks for the kind words Rostasan
pretty big victory, considering it was the largest confederate city
When the Union attacks from the south
Unlike Gettysburg where the South attacked from the North.
Excellent summary of the battle for New Orleans. As a Civil War buff, I had not read much about the fall of New Orleans. About all one reads is the Union fleet runs pass the forts and captures the city. Your video has expanded my knowledge on this topic of the war, thanks. Your animation is great.
Fine work friend. The capture of NOLA indeed was a defining event early in the war and is usually overlooked by more "sexy" battles like Shiloh or Gettysburg
Wait how is Gettysburg Sexy
Like I agree with you on that the much smaller battles are usually overlooked because like the Battle of Jackson Mississippi and the battle of malvern hill and also the fights at brandy station but like there are also parts of the big battles like Gettysburg that are overlooked like the Fighting at south and East Calvary field but to me the most overlooked part of the battle of Gettysburg is not really part of the battle of Gettysburg and this part was a skirmish on June 26th when confederate troops under jubal early were on their way to York Pennsylvania but in the way of jubal early was the 26th Pennsylvania emergency militia which was composed of students from Gettysburg college and the Lutheran seminary but fighting alongside them was a part local Cavalry unit but another part of the battle of Gettysburg that I feel is overlooked is the fighting in the valley of death where 4 confederate brigades were about to capture little round top but they didn’t because the Pennsylvania reserves infantry regiments stopped them but of all the Pennsylvania reserves regiments companies none was more famous and overlooked than Company K of the first Pennsylvania reserves infantry regiment which was recruited in Gettysburg.
Yep definitely I barely knew about this battle myself , thanks Darthcheney!
Important because of Vicksburg.
Losing New Orleans helped the Union split the Confederacy.
That ultimately happened when Vicksburg fell.
When Vicksburg fell Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and the Indian Territory were left to pretty much fend for themselves.
Red River Campaign is interesting.
Union had trouble pushing real deep into Louisiana.
Took numerous losses to Louisiana/Texas
@@xxchoo3750 I completely agree with you on that the red river campaign is interesting but another interesting campaign is the prices Missouri expedition but there are also interesting raids like the 1862 raid on chambersburg pa, and the infamous kilpatrick- Dahlgren raid and the raid is infamous because when dahlgren was killed there were papers found on his body and the papers revealed orders to torch the city of Richmond and the assassination of Jefferson Davis and his cabinet and it was speculated that Abraham Lincoln had gave the orders and like dahlgrens dad had to claim the papers were forgery and General Meade had to personally assure Robert Edward Lee that the orders were not authorized by the Union army and theirs a controversy that may have contributed to John Wilkes Booths Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Thanks for telling the stories of these early battles, pre Bull Run/Manssas, Shiloh. Even some of the best Civil War histories gloss over these early battles, which had an important effect on the later development of the war.
An interesting time in history explained the way the educators never have. Thank you, sir.
The loss of NO by the Confederacy was the writing on the wall that should have be understood as the beginning if the end. Only the greed of those in power prolonged the war.
Not just the loss itself, but the ineptitude of the defense and the mutiny by Confederate troops were clear indications that the CSA wasn’t going to succeed. Consider that the south lost their most important port this early in the war and never mounted any credible effort to reclaim it. The entire Confederate effort in the west stands in stark contrast to the better known exploits of the Army of Northern Virginia. This video series does a great service in bringing some balance to understanding the truth of the Civil War.
You never explained how the barrier disipeared at 16 minutes in
Virgil Kane is the name
And I served on the Danville train
'Till Stoneman's cavalry came
And tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65
We were hungry, just barely alive
By May the 10th, Richmond had fell
It's a time I remember, oh so well
Jack ~'()'~
Richmond actually fell in April of 1865 so by May 1986 (or 1985) it would have already fallen. Still a great song
Richmond had definitely fallen by May 1986
Thanks for tackling this lesser-known Civil War battle.
Love watching these while I'm playing grand tactician civil war.
I’m glad you like them American Celt!
@@WarhawkYT I'm happy you keep making them lol American Civil War doesn't get enough love compared to World War 2.
Great job! I hope you keep it going, The format is informative and easy to follow.
Love the pace of the narrative, use of music, and graphics, in this, and all the videos I've seen so far.
Since finding out about this channel I've been binging (and greatly enjoying) the videos on the lesser known battles of the Civil War. Can't wait to see what battles are on deck!
How is it that on the Union side there was 37 killed, 147 wounded, and 0 captured, but 1011 total casualties?
Must be from unidentified casualties.
It's the total casualties of the entire New Orleans Expedition, not just the battle itself, including casualties from disease and sickness and such.
typhoid, malaria, and other fun swamp diseases
missed in the brothels of NOLA
Another really well done video! Congratulations.
Love this content so much. My gift to the algorithm gods
Thank you.
This is very informative video, many thanks.
Excellent video. Thank you for bring attention to the important part Louisiana played in the civil war.
Thanks!
Wow thank you so much Cromwell!
Liked your video. The map graphics are good. Few know that 2 engineers ( McLintock and Watson) and a wealthy southerner (Horace L. Hunley) were busy working on aka submarines, one that were tested on Lake Pontchartrain and sank a vessel just before the city fell. Their operations went on to Mobile and eventually to Charleston, S.C. The rest they say is history. Another small footnote; the ram ironclad Louisiana wasn't the only ironclad under construction as there was the steam ironclad Mississippi which was unfinished and the confederates tried to tow it up river but it had to be cut loose and sunk before it could reach a safe location. One of the commenters mentioned why the British didn't just go by Fort St. Phillip. A spy reported to the British that a better way to go was through Lake Borgne up some unguarded bayous to reach a place called Chalmette. The British did have at least one ship as we did on the river firing at Jackson's small force on the westbank but the British sent a small squadron of ships to fight on Lake Borgne and defeated the small American schnooners just before the British force landed. You included Procterville on your map where a small confederate fort was located (still there what's left of it but railroad is long gone). An interesting book is "The Night the War was Lost" by C.Dufour. Thanks for the videos; they are really good!!
Don't know exactly what to comment. But as from my understanding, commenting somehow benefits the video, I shall comment nonetheless.
You're doing a great job! Keep it up friend.
Thank you Joshua!
Thank you Joshua!
Enjoy your videos. Thanks.
I am somehow related to Porter, according to what I have been told, on my father's side. So, I have read some about this battle before. IIRC, one of the tactics Porter used was to install mortars on the bows of vessels and have those vessels head directly into the forts and bombard the forts, rather than attempt to use guns on the sides of vessels.
Dude, this is great work! May i suggest reaching out to channels like BazBattles, Kings and Generals, History Marche and Epic History TV? You do really good work here, in my opinion even better than some of the mentioned channels. You deserve to get more money for upgrading the channel and I believe that talking to the guys on the other channels could help you to get more views and support! Cheers!
Love your stuff guy. I would be stoked if you created a playlist of the ACW in chronological order encompassing all theaters. Fingers crossed 😊
best vids
Just saying but this battle really interests me and it interests me because this battle and the attack on Fort Sumter set in motion the career of Admiral David Dixon Porter who is most famous for attacking the so called Gibraltar of the confederacy Vicksburg Mississippi with his brown water navy and the capture of Fort Fisher and the last confederate port open for running the union blockade Wilmington North Carolina and I am also interested in this battle because he served with his Adoptive brother the famous admiral David Glasgow Farragut who is famous for the capture of the port of port Hudson.
I think New Orleans is underemphasized in American memory because naval power -- says me and Alfred Thayer Mayan -- is underestimated by the American people. We see ourselves as a continental power like Germany or Russia and not a maritime power like Britain or Japan. So when we say "Honor the Troops" we think of Army and Marines, with Navy as an afterthought. Washington and Grant are the great men of American military history, not John Paul Jones or Gideon Welles or David Farragut. But naval power has consistently been indispensable in winning America's wars, even the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
It is an interesting symbol, the Confederate leaders at New Orleans were Northern originated as Lovell and Duncan and the Northern fleet leader was southerner as Farragut from Tennessee.
i enjoy youre video's very much thank you for making them! may i offer a sugestion to you. could you maybe zoom out so we can have the context to of where the battles take place within the USA? as someone who doesnt live there it sometimes gets confussing where everything is in the lagere scheme of things. just a suggestion!
Nice video. One point, you talk about Mumford taking down the flag, which happened at the Mint, but you show an image of the flag being raised at Gallier Hall. Different events.
I like your videos. Did you know that "Warhawk" is first associated with the western Congressional faction that wants to go to war in 1812 against Great Britain? The Western congressmen got their way and their war, but incompetence prevents the US from taking Canada, (the objective of the Warhawks), until US victories on the Great Lakes and the arrival of British troops from Europe make for a stalemate in the North. Of course the Battle of New Orleans validates Warhawk pride in the fighting spirit of Americans, which the Civil War demonstrates again, and much more forcefully.
Just started watching these. Very well done. Have you done the battle of Wilson's Creek yet?
Never mind I just saw it.
2:47 the ACW was essential in building Egyptian nationalism...the embargo of Southern cotton put Egypt at the center of global cotton production almost immediately and completely undermined the South's strategy
Yes the European sugar beet industry decreased the importance sugarcane plantation system and the Federal North could export corn, only some countries had to change the agricultural to cotton as Egypt did. I think I have not statistic data, but it might be Brasilian sugarcane plantations could have changed to cotton too.
The wool industry was in a slight technical delay at the time during the Industrial Revolution, and so was the flax industry, which was then largely replaced. Apparently other areas have also turned to cotton cultivation outside of Egypt.
You should've shown the strategic picture behind the attack on the fort in regards to the anaconda strategy, but good video
Fort Jackson wasn't, and isn't, a pentagon. The type of fortification is called a Star Fort, which is a type of Bastion Fortification.
We know Farragut wins, because there are WW2 ships named after him.
British coming in on the side of the South? Naw, they got their butts kicked by the Americans twice already, they learned their lesson.
For an outsider, the 1812-1814 War was one of the most funny wars. The all three parts can say themselfs to come out with positive results.
Canada had big role to hinder the American occupation, moreover French Canadians fought against USA.
UK was successful to burn Whashington and New Orleans was after the Peace of Ghent, but the radio was XXth Century investment.
American won against the UK in New Orleans.
One of the very few wars where all counterparts can show off positivity from the conflict.
Good video. It's remarkable just how spectacularly ineffective these forts were. This battle looked like it might have been a contest, but it wasn't. At 13:00+ and again at 14:35+ we learn that the Confederate powder was too weak to propel shells as far as the attacking Union fleet, which didn't seem to have any problem bombarding the forts. This alone shows just how unprepared the Confederates were and how they were engaged in some hybrid of token defense and defense theater. There is no excuse because powder and gun range easily are tested. Someone naval officer in the Confederacy surely knew how far Union naval guns fired and the Confederates had the experience of losing at Port Royal Sound. The fact that these poorly maintained forts could be bypassed at night in a smoky haze and there was no backup to block the river (how about chains connecting the two forts?) also shows the defense was just not thought all the way through. This idea came not from the Union commanders on site but beforehand from the assistant Navy Secretary, Fox. Sharpshooters on riverbanks against a fleet? Losing New Orleans, the largest and richest city, so early and so haplessly significantly damaged the Confederacy particularly with Britain and France.
These are very Union happy.
Are you still recording your own audio? The delivery and sound quality have increased so much since your early videos that it's hard to even tell lol. Great work either way.
I am, thanks jtofgc!
@@WarhawkYT Great improvements! Love the content! Keep it up!
I am curious over a small detail (I'm not sure if any sources say anything about it): How did the mortar boats fire on the fort? Was it a all-together volley, followed by a fall to the best reloading speed of the mortar crews, like a normal rifle engagement on land, or did the boats fire in some sort of sequence to maintain a continuous rain of projectiles coming down on the fort, to prevent movement inside the fort and enable shot-correction (if that was even possible). Would love to know if anybody knows!
The Civil War has a World Strategic background. UK, France and the Spanish Kingdom began action in Mexico and not beside the Confederacy. Yes Adams did big work for the North in London, but this would not have been enough without some interesting change in the World between 181 and 1865! Confederacy began to burn cotton to start cotton shortage before the Anaconda plan (Northern blockad) in 1861, what an silly plan! The Farragut action in New Orleans is a good oportunity to mention something about the World strategic situation.
Some interesting points:
1. Between 1740 and 1790 the sugar beet industry began in Germany and Napoleon brought the sugar beet industry in France about 1800. About 1830 France became the bigest SUGAR PRODUCER IN THE WORLD FROM SUGAR BEET! (I think this was the biggest knock out on the slavery!)
2. Before the Civil War United Kingdom perhaps France gathered extra cotton in warehouses. They thought about Civil War earlier.
3. The wool industry and flax industry were lagging behind of the cotton textil industry so a litle shortage in cotton helped the flax and the wool industry well to develop in the industrial revolution.
4. Northern states in the USA became the biggest corn expoter in the World about 1860 (Mc Cormick machines).
5. For example Egypt could buy Northern American corn and Egypt could decrease the domestic corn production, so Egypt could produce more cotton from 1862.
6. Sepoy revolt was over in India so India could produce cotton for export.
7. Brasil could change to cotton from sugarcane, because France (germany etc countries) produced sugar from sugar beet.
8. Together this 7 points "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 's success in France and in the United Kingdom caused the simple people did not want any War beside the Confedercy in France and in the United Kingdom!
Earlier the poor people and the Royal Family with Queen Victoria were toghether Northern Sympathizers, but the entry of the newer cotton exporters the bussines class left the Upper class alone with the Southern sympathy in the UK.
Good video. Sort of a question, the British attacked Fort Philips for a duration of one week after the Battle of New Orleans. The British were not able to take the Fort. Why did not the British use the Northern Navy strategy in the Battle of New Orleans in 1814. Thanks
The Union navy ships had steam powered engines while the British ships were sailing ships, dependent on a favorable wind to move them. The Union ships could move whenever they needed to move.
Not a big deal but the union casualty numbers dont look like they add up.
I've been watching your Civil War videos, great stuff.
I'm sure you have heard to the PC video game "Grand Tactician: The Civil War", perhaps you should check it out.
All the best.
Cheers.
Thanks bro and I have, I’ve played it a lot!
Why do you say the forts were at the head of the passes. When a glance at your own map shows them half way to new Orleans? Where you guys from? Just curious
The map I used to create my own was a 1863 map of Louisiana from the library of Congress.
But still head of the passed was a long way down river from the forts location. The reason I ask where your from is several times in various vids your pronunciation is quite different from w midwestern American. Cayuga was said ki yo ga . Thankyou for your efforts
@@jeffbybee5207 I am from East Texas
It's too bad so little has been written about the naval side of this war
I know right
@@CivilWarWeekByWeek i don't know if you've read them but you should look up Iron Dawn by Richard Snow and War on the Waters by James McPherson. Those two are pretty good
Ayo based
Saris watches Warhawk confirmed?
@@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite I don't believe it
@@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite perhaps perhaps
how did you got from less than 1000 to 5000 so quickly
We just blew up!
@@WarhawkYT lucky hopefully i can too
I pull up
Less goo
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Funny Farragut was born in Tennessee and Porter also Southerner origined from Delawar, but both came Unionist sentiment area East Tennessee and Dalawar were pro Unionists!
Why did New Orleans surrendered when the gunboats appeared in front of the city?
arrant cowards
"tur pen' tine" NOT "tur pen teen"
Classic Confederate bungling.
I wonder where he got his map from b/c it sure to hell was not google earth
take the time to look it up ong google earth and see the dif there is a lot of it
Is this a vintage map form mid 1800's or just a poorly drawn map
a contemporary map.
Yet another mispronunciation
Now this one is common for anyone who does not live in Western NYS
The gun boat that lead the way is the Cayuga Not the Keuka The boats name is promised Cay u ga The "A" in the first syllable being short with a soft "C" while Keuka is Ke being said as a hard "K" as he pronounced the name of the boat which was a mispronunciation
It is common for outsider to mispronounce these or get them changed around
Just thought I would let u all know the right way to say the boat name
These are 2 Native American tribal names
The Cayuga being the keepers of the Western Door of the Iroquois
While the Keuka were a small tribe that enjoyed the protection of the Iroquois living between Lake Keuka and Lake Seneca
By the way * of the 10 finger Lakes are named after Tribes that live near them