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Battle of New Orleans: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date April 25, 1862
Location Mississippi River • New Orleans • United States
Participants Confederate States of America • United States
Context American Civil War

Photos

Battle of New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans
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Key People

David Farragut, daguerreotype=
David Farragut
United States admiral
Benjamin F. Butler
Benjamin F. Butler
American politician and army officer
David Dixon Porter, photograph; in the Mathew Brady collection
David Dixon Porter
United States naval officer

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