It helped trap the soldiers between the river.
NovaNet Answer: After the war, the Patriot outposts allowed Americans to lay claim to the Ohio River Valley.
The Ohio River meets the Mississippi River in Cairo, Illinois. They converge at Fort Defiance State Park which was a Civil War fort commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant.
The Ohio River
The new state north of the Ohio River is West Virginia. It was formed during the American Civil War when it separated from Virginia in 1863. West Virginia is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and Ohio to the west, with the Ohio River serving as part of its western boundary.
The Ohio
The Ohio river was important during the civil war. Since most of the states south of the river were slave states and most of the north states were free, many slave crossed the river to try and get freedom.The Tennessee river was a central component of one of the world's greatest irrigation and hydropower systems and a major waterway of the southeastern United States.
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They were fighting over the Ohio River Valley.
The address of the Army Of The Ohio Civil War Reenactors Inc is: Po Box 2610, Streetsboro, OH 44241-0610
The northern side
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The United States claimed the Ohio River Valley after the Revolutionary War.