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Answer:

Early in the Civil War, New Orleans became a prime target for the Union Army and Navy. The U.S. War Department planned a major attack to seize control of the city and its vital port, to choke off a major source of income and supplies for the fledgling Confederacy.

Answer:

They were not a fighting area but they were the largest city in the south.

Explanation:

The union wanted New Orleans because they were the biggest center for cotton trade