Mansfield Lovell

Mansfield Lovell
Mansfield Lovell
Born	(1822-10-20)October 20, 1822 District of Columbia
Died	June 1, 1884(1884-06-01) (aged 61) New York City
Buried	Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Allegiance	United States Confederate States of America
Service / branch	United States Army  Confederate States Army
Years of service	1842–1854 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA)
Rank	Brevet Captain (USA) Major General (CSA)
Battles / wars	Mexican–American War Battle of Monterrey Battle of Chapultepec American Civil War Capture of New Orleans Second Battle of Corinth

Mansfield Lovell (October 20, 1822 – June 1, 1884) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.^[1] As military commander of New Orleans when the city unexpectedly fell to the Union Navy in 1862, Lovell was fiercely criticized 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.