Montgomery Sicard
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Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Montgomery Sicard
Captain Sicard and the officers of the USS Miantonomoh
The wreck of USS Saginaw.
Capture of New Orleans
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The capture of New Orleans during the American Civil War was a turning point in the war that precipitated the capture of the Mississippi River. Having fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Uni
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…Philip, at the Chalmetto batteries, in the destruction of a Confederate flotilla and transports on 24 April 1862, and participated in the subsequent capture of New Orleans, Louisiana, late in April 1862. He took part in the passage of the Vicksburg batteries in Mississippi in June 1862. He was present when…
Panoramic view of New Orleans; federal fleet at anchor in the river (c. 1862)
Major General Mansfield Lovell, CSA, would not surrender the city.
Farragut's flagship, USS Hartford, forces its way past Fort Jackson.
Flag Officer David G. Farragut who commanded the Union fleet that broke through to New Orleans.