The Night the War was Lost by Charles L. Dufour - 1960

Doubleday, 1960. Hardback. Collectible: Very Good. 1st Edition (stated) - VERY GOOD in very good dust jacket. DJ in protective mylar. Binding is tight and square. No marks. . . . . . . Contends that with the fall of the critical city of New Orleans in spring 1862, the South lost the Civil War, although fighting would continue for three more years. This book portrays terrified citizens and leaders occasionally rising to heroism. It explains the reasons for the seizure of New Orleans and describes its results. . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Louisiana leaves the Union -- 2.) New Orleans girds for war -- 3.) The guns of Sumter -- 4.) Apathy mans the ramparts -- 5.) The blockade begins to pinch -- 6.) Alias the *Turtle* -- 7.) Enter General Lovell -- 8.) The Tifts build a warship -- 9.) New Orleans awaits invasion -- 10.) The ambitious Lieutenant Porter -- 11.) A plan : but whose? -- 12.) Outfitting the fleet -- 13.) New Orleans becomes jittery -- 14.) Farragut enters the river -- 15.) If there had been radio -- 16.) The *Bummers* open up -- 17.) The hour of decision -- 18.) Farragut runs the gantlet -- 19.) Panic in the streets -- 20.) By the power of brutal force -- 21.) The end of Confederate New Orleans