By capturing Vicksburg and liberating the Mississippi.
This gave them control of this important military highway, and isolated all enemy units ot the West of the river.
Grant's capture of Vicksburg did that.
the confederacy was split in two after it lost strongholds along the mississippi river.
Union and Confederacy
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The fall of Vicksburg was the victory. The Union forces from the South were able to connect with the forces from the North and divide the Confederacy in two. They could no longer count on supplies from the western states.
Anaconda plan
The American Civil War was a dispute over the Union and the Confederacy. The war was about the Confederacy (the south) wanting to split off from the Union due to slavery laws in the Union.
Anaconda Plan
The Siege of Vicksburg (May-July 1863) split the Confederacy by giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union forces. The city and as many as 30,000 soldiers surrendered on July 4, 1863.
Vicksburg
They took control of the Mississippi River
The Mississippi river and something else