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- Aug 25, 2012
I thought we might look at a politician tonight. Thomas Overton Moore was the governor of Louisiana. How much did he help of hurt the Confederate cause?
He did support secession and ordered the Louisiana militia to seize U.S. military installations in Louisiana while the secession convention was in session. He put Col. Braxton Bragg in command of the Louisiana military. Not sure this helped or hurt the Confederacy.
My real reason for bringing up Moore is to ask how much he helped or hurt the fall of New Orleans. I am not sure there was anything Governor Moore could have done to better protect New Orleans. The government in Richmond seems to have paid little attention to the defense of New Orleans or perhaps believed New Orleans was a lost cause and not worth the effort. Governor Moore may have had limited resources, but is there anything he could have done to slow down the Union advance in Louisiana?
He did support secession and ordered the Louisiana militia to seize U.S. military installations in Louisiana while the secession convention was in session. He put Col. Braxton Bragg in command of the Louisiana military. Not sure this helped or hurt the Confederacy.
My real reason for bringing up Moore is to ask how much he helped or hurt the fall of New Orleans. I am not sure there was anything Governor Moore could have done to better protect New Orleans. The government in Richmond seems to have paid little attention to the defense of New Orleans or perhaps believed New Orleans was a lost cause and not worth the effort. Governor Moore may have had limited resources, but is there anything he could have done to slow down the Union advance in Louisiana?