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Crucial confederate fortress on the Mississippi whose fall to grant in 1863 cut the south in 2?
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Crucial confederate fortress on the Mississippi whose fall to grant in 1863 cut the south in two?
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Which crucial confederate fortress on the Mississippi whose fall to Grant in 1863 cut the south into two?
Vicksburg
Crucial Confederate fortress on the Mississppi whose fall to Grant in 1863 cut the South in two?
the Fortress of Vicksburg
What was the fortress on Mississippi general grant took over in 1863?
Vicksburg
At the same time as the Battle of Gettysburg General Grant captured the Confederate at Vicksburg Mississippi?
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This Northerner general was the one most responsible for taking the Mississippi River?
Ulysses S. Grant was the general who was responsible for taking the Mississippi River. During the Vicksburg Campaign, Grant gained control of the river, a major Confederate defeat. Grant and Confederate Lt. General Pemberton clashed in the Battle of Vicksburg.
Who led the raids that distracted Confederate troops?
Sounds like the Grierson raid through the state of Mississippi in Spring 1863. It distracted the Confederate commander at Vicksburg, and enabled Grant to cross the Mississippi.
Who was the Union commander that captured the Mississippi River?
U.S. Grant. His capture of Vicksburg led to the liberation of the Mississippi, the most crucial victory of the war.
What was captured by General Grant before the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River?
The Confederate garrison at Vicksburg.
Who were the people that were in the Battle of Vicksburg?
Pemberton's Confederate Army of Mississippi defended against Grant's U.S. Army of the Tennessee.
Who tried to control the Mississippi river the union or the confederate army?
Both. The Mississippi was a military highway of prime importance, and Grant's siege of Vicksburg, the last major Confederate stronghold on the river, swung the war decisively in the Union's favour.
Who were the military leaders for the Battle of Vicksburg?
Union Army of the Tennessee - Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Union Navy - Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter Confederate Army of Mississippi - Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton Confederate Department of the West - General Joseph E. Johnston. Confederate General Earl Van Dorn had a force in Mississippi early in the campaign.
