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The Mississippi was too huge for the Union so they didnt want to control it!
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What city on the Mississippi river did the us want to control of?
The Siege and Capture of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two.
What two rivers to the Union want to gain control of to split the Confederacy?
The Mississippi river and something else
why did union leaders want to control the Mississippi river?
To monopolise this important military highway and deny its use to the enemy. Also to isolate all Confederate units to the West of the river.
Why did Vicksburg want to take over the Mississippi river?
because they wanted to have control of the all of mississippi.
Why did the Americans want to control the Mississippi River?
Farmers depended on the river to send goods to the market.
Why did the Union need to take control of New Orleans?
Control of New Orleans meant control of the Mississippi River and therefore control of the hear land of North America. Jefferson would want to have more power within having New Orleans in his hands to Mississippi River as well.
Did the north or the south want to control the Mississippi river during the civil war?
yes
Why did Spain protest the sale of Louisiana to the US?
Because Spain did not want the USA. to have control of the Mississippi River.
Why did Ulysses S. Grant want Vicksburg Mississippi?
After the fall of Memphis and New Orleans in 1862 Vicksburg Mississippi remained a transit point for Confederate supplies across the Mississippi River. The high bluffs which the town sits on are a singular feature of the Mississippi Delta region and made the city a natural fortress for the Confederacy. Control of the town and the bluffs meant control of the Mississippi river and all the commerce and communications that went with it. Therefore the town became the most important strategic objective of the Union Army in the West from December 1862 until the town surrendered on July 4 1863,
Why did the French want to control Louisiana?
The French wanted to control Louisiana. The Mississippi River that open ports in Louisiana is a very important trade route.
Why was control of the Mississippi River so vital to the US?
By controlling the Mississippi River during the US Civil War, the Union believed that cargo from Northern cites would be able to transport goods on the Union controlled Mississippi River. Also, having Union army forces on the western border of the Confederacy would strike a blow to Southern trade and also allow the Union to plan attacks on the South's western frontiers.
Why did the US want access to the Mississippi river?
because.
