War Room 27: New Orleans, 1862 is out for Patrons! (Patreon)

Not the War Room topic I was expecting to cover, but no less interesting for that! The American Civil War is something I am slowly getting deeper into. That is mostly on land, but events at sea (and on the rivers!) are just as fascinating.

New Orleans was a good candidate because it's a relatively contained incident and shows off how fleets can produce strategic consequences far inland. Plus there's all kinds of mid-19th Century naval technological wackiness going on and I get to massacre some French pronunciations. What's not to love?

(On the flipside, if I ever have to write "Mississippi" again I might smash my keyboard.)