Battle of Vicksburg
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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.
the West won the battle for control of the Mississippi river region
There were no prize hostages. The key battle was Vicksburg, when Grant paroled 30,000 Confederate prisoners.
The battle of Vicksburg.
To gain control of the Mississippi river.
Mississippi River.
General US Grant was new to the US Civil War, but under his superior, General Henry Halleck, Grant had duties in the Western Theater of the war. When he was able to capture Fort Donelson and Fort Henry, he and the Union gained control of the Northern Mississippi River and a gateway to the southern Mississippi and eventually to Vicksburg and the deep South.
The battle of Vicksburg was fought over the Mississippi river. The river was a large area for trade.
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
The Vicksburg Campaign, specifically the Siege of Vicksburg, established control of the Mississippi River.
It helped the Union get control of the Mississippi river.