Mansfield Lovell

Military Person

1822 – 1884

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Who was Mansfield Lovell?

Mansfield Lovell was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. As military commander of New Orleans when the city unexpectedly fell to the Union Navy in 1862, Lovell was fiercely criticised by local citizens for failing to predict a naval invasion. The Confederate government also heaped blame on him, to deflect attention from their own error in leaving so few troops to defend the city. A Court of Enquiry later cleared him of charges of incompetence, but his reputation never recovered.

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Born
Oct 20, 1822
Washington, D.C.
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Confederate States of America
Education
  • United States Military Academy
Died
Jun 1, 1884
Resting place
Woodlawn Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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