New Orleans, a prime target of the Union for its ports, was captured without taking the fight to the city itself. Attacks on Ports Jackson and St. Phillip, allowed General Farragut to take control of the City of New Orleans.
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He captured New Orleans and was victorious in the Battle of Mobile Bay.
It closed one of the blockade-runners' favourite ports, and started the process of Union liberation of the Mississippi.
The union recieved trading ports after their victory at New Orleans.
Losing New Orleans meant a loss of one of the largest ports in the Confederacy. It meant that getting supplies to Confederate forces from European sources was that much more difficult. It also closed the mouth of the Mississippi River, and following the capture of Vicksburg, it cut the South in two.