399. New Orleans 1862
Farragut carried his fleet into the Mis - sissippi , but found his way upstream barred by two forts on the river ' s bank . A great chain stretched across the river below the forts , and a fleet of river gunboats with an ironclad or two was in waiting above the forts . Chain , forts , and gunboats all gave way before Farragut ' s forceful will . At night he passed the forts amid a terrific cannonade . Once above them New Or - leans was at his mercy . It surrendered , and with the forts was soon occupied by the Union army . The lower Mississippi was lost to the Confeder - acy .
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