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Gen. Butler occupies New Orleans with 5,000 Union troops 150 years ago today (1862)

May 1, 20121860s, American Civil Waradmin

Video: Butler occupies New Orleans (at 11:08)

(Thursday, May 1, 1862, during the American Civil War) — Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler, with an army of 5,000 men, occupied the city of New Orleans today without resistance.

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