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What city was the strongest opposition to Union control of the Mississippi?
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Vicksburg
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Why seizing control of the Mississippi river an important of the union navy?
Siezing control of the Mississippi River was an important goal of the Union Navy because it was the major means of transportation and logistical communications in the U.S. interior.
What body of water did the union control as a result of keeping Kentucky in the union?
The Mississippi River.
Victory here gave the union control of the Mississippi river?
siege of vicksburg
What battle did Grant win and gain Union control over the Mississippi?
Vicksburg
What was the name of the Union strategy in which the Union wanted to blockade the Confederate coast and take control of the Mississippi River?
The Anaconda Plan
The union gained control of the Mississippi after capturing what?
The union gained control of the Mississippi after the capture of Vicksburg.
Did the Union want to control the Mississippi River?
The Mississippi was too huge for the Union so they didnt want to control it!
What Union victory marked the start of the Union taking control of the Mississippi River?
The Vicksburg Campaign, specifically the Siege of Vicksburg, allowed the Union to take control of the Mississippi River.
What did the union get out of the visksburg battle?
The Union got control of the Mississippi River.
What city fell to the union that gave control of the Mississippi river to the union?
The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863 gave the Union full control of the river from its source to its mouth.
What battle established control of Mississippi for the union?
The Vicksburg Campaign, specifically the Siege of Vicksburg, established control of the Mississippi River.
The capture of which city helped the Union Army control the Mississippi?
The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the river along its entire length.
What what victory gave the union control of the Mississippi?
The Battle of Vicksburg(:
What was the union's goal in the west?
to gain control of the mississippi river
What did the union victory in the Battle of Shiloh mean for the union?
it gave the Union greater control of the Mississippi River valley.
What did the union win for the Battle of Vicksburg?
The Union won complete control of the Mississippi River Valley.
Why was Vicksburg a strategic location for the Union Victory?
The Union could control the Mississippi River from Vicksburg
