USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -A victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863 gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. Following the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant’s Union army moved south.

Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to seizing New Orleans, Union forces would advance down the Mississippi from St. Louis, capture Confederate strongholds and convert them into Union bases. Control of the Mississippi would allow goods, military material and men to flow freely along the river while cutting the Confederacy in two.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Siege of Vicksburg was a great victory for the Union. It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. Around the same time, the Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg. These two victories marked the major turning point of the Civil War in favor of the Union.

Detailed explanation-5: -Union forces then marched in and took control of the city, ending the siege of Vicksburg. Vicksburg’s fall divided the Confederacy in half, leaving the Union in firm control of the Mississippi River.