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With the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, the Federals gained full control of the Mississippi River and thus cut the Western Confederacy (Trans Mississippi District) off from the eastern two thirds of the Confederacy. Control of the Mississippi was vital to the Union's Anaconda Plan which was intended to strangle the Confederate supply lines both foreign and domestic.

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Q: What battle allowed the Union to cut the Confederacy in two?
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What union victory in the Civil War cut the Confederacy in two?

The battle of Vicksburg.


Which union victory cut confederacy in two?

Vicksburg


What battle cut the Confederacy in two?

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.


How and why the union won the civil war and the confederacy was defeated?

Because the union had more troops and cut off the confederacy from supplies using the anaconda plan.


Locate the city which was captured by a Union fleet and thus cut off the Confederacy from receiving su?

There were two cities that were captured by Union fleets which cut of supplies to the Confederacy. The first city was Mobile Alabama, and the second New Orleans Louisiana, this was known as the Union Blockade.


What union general's victories in the west cut the confederacy in half?

It was Gen Ulysses S. Grant's July 1863 victory at the Battle of Vicksburg that cut the Confederacy in half. Vicksburg, Mississippi was the only remaining Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, so Grant's victory gave the Union control of the lower Mississippi River, along with splitting the South in two by cutting Richmond off from the Western half of the Confederacy


How did the battle of Vicksburh relate to the Anaconda Plan?

Once Grant gained control of Vicksburg, it cut the Confederacy in half. Everything west of the Mississippi River had no communication with the rest of the Confederacy. This relates to the Anaconda plan because the more that the Union can split the Confederacy, the weaker it will become and the more likely it will be to surrender.


Did the Battle of Gettysburg cut the confederacy in two?

No, that was the the fall of Vicksburg, on the Mississippi river.


Did the Battle of Vicksburg cut the confederacy in two?

Yes. Vicksburg cute the Confedracy into two.


What was the name of the Union's plan of attack to cut off supplies to the confederacy?

I believe it was the anaconda plan.


Which battle cut the conferacy in two?

The seizure of Vicksburg closed the Mississippi to Southern traffic, cutting the Confederacy in two.


Which cut the Confederacy in two?

Grant's capture of Vicksburg cut the Confederacy in two.