Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Zwilling, Andrew Thomas
Author's Email Address	Atz03c@fsu.edu
URN	etd-07152009-132238
Title	Prelude To Disaster: Defending Confederate New Orleans
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	History, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Jim Jones Committee Chair Jonathan Grant Committee Member Sally Hadden Committee Member
Keywords	Moore Monroe CSS Mississippi Twiggs Lovell
Date of Defense	2009-07-02
Availability	restricted
Abstract This thesis examines the defense of Confederate New Orleans during American Civil War, specifically during the year 1861 and the first four months of 1862. The importance of New Orleans to the South is first analyzed in order to give context for its defense. Then both the Confederate military perspective and the city's perspective are taken into account, resulting in the conclusion that the defense can be seen as an inevitable microcosm of the problems that generally plagued the Confederacy. Lack of material resources and manpower, confusion and division between the local population and Confederate authority, disorganized and compartmentalized leadership and overwhelming Federal industrial advantage are all issues that can be seen both in the defense of New Orleans and the Confederacy as a whole.
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