Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-1884

Confederate general.

From the description of Telegram, 1862 Apr. 22, New Orleans, La., to G.T. Beauregard, Corinth, Miss. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626029

Born 1822 in Washington, D.C.; with U.S. Army during the Mexican War; resigned the Army and worked in civilian positions in Trenton, N.J. and New York City; joined the Confederate States Army as Major General; given command of forces defending New Orleans; held no later command but served throughout the war; returned to engineering work in New York after 1865; married Emily Plympton in 1849.

From the description of Letters, 1861 September 22 and 1863 March 27. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 24687133

Engineer and Confederate army officer.

From the description of Letters of Mansfield Lovell, 1860-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015084

Mansfield Lovell was a Confederate general who commanded at New Orleans from October 1861 until he withdrew his forces from the city to save it from Farragut's naval bombardment on April 23, 1862.

From the description of Mansfield Lovell letter, 1861 Nov. 22. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 230298595

Mansfield Lovell was a Confederate General who commanded at New Orleans from October of 1861 until he withdrew his forces from the city to save it from Farragut's naval bombardment on April 23, 1862.

From the description of Mansfield Lovell letter, 1862 Mar. 9. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244205269

Mansfield Lovell, Confederate general. He was born in Washington, D.C., in 1822, the son Dr. Joseph Lovell, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. In 1842, he graduated from West Point, and then served in the Mexican War. In 1854, he resigned from the army and worked at an iron works in Trenton, New Jersey. He later moved to New York and served as deputy street commissioner. In September 1861, he resigned this position to join the Confederate army. Appointed Major General on October 7, 1861, he was put in command of Dept. No. 1, in charge of the defenses of New Orleans. Having failed to prevent the capture of New Orleans in Apr. 1862, commanded a corps at Corinth, Miss. (Oct. 3-4, 1862,) and in December fought at Coffeeville, Miss. In Dec. 1862, he was relieved of his command for the loss of New Orleans. Although a court of inquiry that he had requested cleared him of any fault, his military career suffered, and his loyalty to the Confederacy was questioned. He had no further command assignments but served as Joseph E. Johnston's volunteer staff officer until the end of the war. After the war, he unsuccessfully attempted to operate a rice plantation in Georgia, and then returned to New York where he worked as a civil engineer, and surveyor.

From the description of Papers of Mansfield Lovell, 1835-1886 (bulk 1862-1865). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122354203