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Map depicting Louisiana and approaches to New Orleans as depicted during the occupation of New Orleans [1] Approaches to New Orleans, Department of the Gulf Map Number 5, February 14, 1863 [2] The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was a turning point in the war that precipitated the capture of the ...
The map was printed by longtime New Orleans bookseller Benjamin Moore Norman. [3] As one historian wrote, "At the time Norman's chart was published, the sugar coast stood prominently at the center of political power in Louisiana. Persac's inclusion of planters' names allows the viewer to navigate his chart as a map of concentrated power."
Blassingame, John W. Black New Orleans 1860–1880 (U of Chicago Press, 1973). Capers, Gerald M. Occupied City, New Orleans Under the Federals 1862–1865. (U of Kentucky Press, 1965). Crouch, Barry A. "Black Education in Civil War and Reconstruction Louisiana: George T. Ruby, the Army, and the Freedmen’s Bureau."
The U.S. gained rights to use the New Orleans port in 1795. [citation needed] Louisiana (New Spain) was transferred by Spain to France in 1800, but it remained under Spanish administration until a few months before the Louisiana Purchase. The huge swath of territory purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 was sparsely populated.
The New Orleans Mint was reopened in 1879, minting mainly silver coinage, including the famed Morgan silver dollar from 1879 to 1904. 1888 German map of New Orleans, with surrounding communities of Algiers, Carrollton, Gretna. The city suffered flooding in 1882. The city hosted the 1884 World's Fair, called the World Cotton Centennial. A ...
In the 1850 census, New Orleans ranked as the 6th largest city in the United States, with a population reported as 168,675. [2] It was the only city in the South with over 100,000 people. By 1840 New Orleans had the largest slave market in the nation, which contributed greatly to its wealth.
Map shows the 17 wards of New Orleans.Not shown: southern portion of the 15th Ward, northeastern portion of the 9th Ward.On the map Lake Pontchartrain is to the north and the Mississippi River is to the south; the 15th Ward is the only one south of the Mississippi River where Algiers is located.
The Territory of Orleans (future state of Louisiana) is established, with the seat of government in New Orleans. 1805 – New Orleans incorporated as a city; 1806 – New Orleans Mechanics Society instituted. [5] 1810 – Population: 17,242. [6] 1811 – Largest slave revolt in American history occurs nearby, with Orleans Parish involved in its ...