By denying the Confederates the use of the entire Mississippi, taking 30,000 Confederates out of the war, and enabling Grant and Sherman to move East to help the beleaguered Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
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The battle of Vicksburg
Vicksburg - U.S. Grant (Union) Gettysburg - George Meade (Union)
The Siege of Vicksburg. It meant the end of the war in the West. It released the Union troops to go and help at Chattanooga. And it brought great credibility of U.S.Grant, who would become General-in-Chief a few months later.
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The Battle of Vicksburg is also called the Siege of Vicksburg
The Union controlled the Mississippi River after defeating the Confederates in the Vicksburg Campaign.
U.S. Grant
The battle of Vicksburg