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In 1896, LSU adopted the __________ as the school mascot.
Many died before the war because of _____ and ____ conditions.
If the Union got New Orleans it would __________ the Confederacy.
General Beauregard told President __________ to protect New Orleans with the Confederate Navy. he did not do that
jefferson Davis thought the Union would attack from __________, but they did not.
__________ bales were set on fire to stop the Union forces from getting to new orleans
On ________, Union General Ben butler took control of New Orleans.
May 1st, 1862
____ would now be an occupied city for the rest of the war.
New Orleans
_____ was hanged for taking down the American flag in New Orleans by union soldiers.
William Mumford
general ________ would feed the hungry and use slaves and people to clean New Orleans to avoid disease outbreaks.
butler
The Union would take Baton Rouge on __________.
Many New Orleans citizens resisted ______ occupation of their city.
union
Because of these two acts he created, Butler became known as “__________ .”
Beast Butler
Union troops would take anything __________ or ____ what they could not take.
valuable, burn
the lafourche area, a rich plantation area, helped support the ____
confederacy
bayou ____ and bayou____ faced an occupying army during most of the war
tech, lafourche
In December 1862, General Butler would be replaced by General __________ in New Orleans.
The __________ Plan was a Union plan to take the Mississippi River and leave texas, arkansas, and louisiana stranded
the anaconda plan would slowly squeeze the south to death because they couldnt get _____, ____, and ____ to the other states
supplies, men, and weapons
the anaconda plan would soon split the _____ in two
confederacy
Union would have to first capture __________ and __________ to achieve their plan (anaconda plan)
port hudson is about ____ miles north of baton rouge and ___ miles south of vicksburg, both were on the mississippi river
30, 150
Union General U.S. Grant would try to capture __________. His troops marched down the swampy la river banks. ferries would take his men across the river to capture it.
Vicksburg would be captured on __________. gettysburg would also be captured on the same day, both were big losses for the confederates
Port Hudson fell 5 days after Vicksburg on _______.
july 9, 1863
President ____ praised the Union by stating, 'the father of waters again flows unvexed to the sea.'
lincoln
The final Union campaign would head towards __________ and ____ in 1864.
Shreveport; texas
Union forces moved along Bayou Teche and then to __________.
After Butte La Rose, the union headed towards __________ and then Natchitoches.
At ________, General Banks turned his troops away from the river for a shorter route.
natchitoches
Confederate General Richard Taylor used the change of route from general banks to his advantage and attacked the Union troops at the Battle of __________.
Confederate General Alfred Mouton would die in this Battle of __________.
General Banks would retreat from __________
the day after general banks retreated from the battle of mansfield, the two sides fought at _____
pleasant hill
what year did lincoln become president
1860
what date did the civil war start
4/12/61
what year did the la capital move to opelousas
1862
what year did shreveport become la’s new capital
1863
what year did the battle of mansfield’s and pleasant hills take place
1864
what date was lincoln assassinated on
4/14/65
what year did lincoln get assassinated on and the april 9th war end
1865
where did the battles of mansfield and pleasant hills take place
lousiana
where did the battle of port hudson take place
louisiana
where did the battle of gettysburg take place
pennsylvania
where did the battle of vicksburg take place
mississippi
confederate/union: general lee
confederate
confederate/union: admiral david farragot
union
confederate/union: general p.g.t. beauregard
confederate
confederate/union: admiral david porter
union
confederate/union: general richard taylor
confederate
confederate/union: general nathan banks
union
confederate/union: general alfred mouton (from lafayette)
confederate
confederate/union: general benjamin butler
union
confederate/union: general william sherman
union
confederate/union: general grant
union
confederate/union: general john breckinridge
confederate
confederate/union: general thomas wheat
confederate
pleasant hills is about 20 miles south of _____
mansfield
the pleasant hill battle was a ____, no clear winner
draw
general banks would continue to retreat to _____
alexandria
when the union troops reached admiral porter’s bats, the river had fallen and their boats were _____
trapped
union army engineer joseph bailey developed a _____
wing dam
the wing dam joseph bailey made opened the ____ and raised the ___ levels so the union boats could pass
channels, water
the wing dam made for the union troops by joseph bailey became known as _______
bailey’s dam
when the union forces left _____, a fire was set to burn the city down
alexandria
the _____ battle was an important victory for the confederates, however it would not change the outcome of the war
mansfield
the confederate capital in shreveport was not captured and the union did not go into _____
texas
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