Mansfield Lovell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mansfield Lovell

Confederate Army general

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1822

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1884

Profession: engineer, soldier

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.