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The Mississippi was an important military highway that bordered ten states, roughly equally divided between Union and Confederate loyalties. Both sides soon realised that control of the river was a crucial strategic priority.
The outflanked garrison at Columbus quickly withdrew, removing the first obstacle to retaking the Mississippi River. This opening campaign illustrates the factors through which Union forces eventually achieved dominance of the western rivers.
The Mississippi River campaigns, within the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War, were a series of military actions by the Union Army during which Union troops, helped by Union Navy gunboats and river ironclads, took control of the Cumberland River, the Tennessee River, and the Mississippi River, a main north-south avenue of ...
February 1862 - July 1863. Location: Mississippi River. United States. Participants: Confederate States of America. United States. Context: American Civil War. Mississippi Valley Campaign, the campaigns and battles of the American Civil War that were fought for control of the Mississippi River.
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9 de nov. de 2009 · Battle of Vicksburg Begins. As the Civil War began, the South controlled the Mississippi River—a critical transportation corridor and supply line—from Cairo, Illinois, all the way down to the...
During the American Civil War, the Mississippi's capture by Union forces marked a turning point towards victory, due to the river's strategic importance to the Confederate war effort.
Warren County, MS | May 18 - Jul 4, 1863. Vicksburg’s strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy. The Confederate surrender there ensured Union control of the Mississippi River and cleaved the South in two. How it ended. Union victory.
