Hope this is the right Calderon your talking about lol.
Calderón served as National President of the party, Federal Deputy, and Secretary of Energy in Vicente Fox's cabinet. He served in the cabinet of the previous administration until he resigned to run for the presidency and secured his party's nomination.
Answer: Its location near the mouth of the Mississippi made it a prime target for the Union, both for controlling the huge waterway and crippling the Confederacy's vital cotton exports
Explanation:
Why was New Orleans so important to the confederacy? It provided access to the Mississippi River and if seized the confederacy would be crippled. ... Replaced butler as head in charge in New Orleans led union army at Mansfield.
