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Why New Orleans mattered

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vtsaogames:
No tin soldier game last night, so no report today. For those having trouble sleeping, here is a post on why the Battle of New Orleans mattered https://corlearshookfencibles.blogspot.com/

has.been:
Interesting. Thanks for posting.

fastolfrus:
Ditto.

Although I suspect the main importance was the American victory at the final battle meant they won the war....

B6BosGO:
Thank you!

zippyfusenet:
The strategic importance of New Orleans, as the outlet to the oceans of the entire Mississippi basin, can not be over-stated. If some foreign state had held New Orleans, the United States could not have developed into a continental power; more likely several weak and unstable republics would have contested the heartland of North America.

The United States could not allow the southern states to secede with New Orleans; control of the Mississippi was the key issue of the American Civil War; abolition of slavery was a means to crush the Confederacy and regain the lower Mississippi valley.

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