Why is New Orleans important to the Union and Confederacy?

  Its location near the mouth of the Mississippi made it a prime target for the Union, both for controlling the huge waterway and crippling the Confederacy's vital cotton exports

Explanation:

Why was New Orleans so important to the confederacy? It provided access to the Mississippi River and if seized the confederacy would be crippled. ... Replaced butler as head in charge in New Orleans led union army at Mansfield.

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