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Sources:

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/new-orleans-civil-war

https://64parishes.org/entry/fall-of-new-orleans-and-federal-occupation-adaptation

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1962/april/fall-new-orleans

https://www.historynet.com/big-trouble-big-easy-confederacy/

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/conquering-the-queen-city/