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. 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.