The Mississippi - a key highway for troops and supplies. It also meant that all Confederate units West of the river were cut off.
Confederates lost Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Savana, Petersburg, and Appomattox.
The North won the Battle of Antieatm, Shiloh, Chattonoga, Gettysgurg, Vicksburg, March to the sea in Gorgia, and the Battle of the Appomattox Court House. These are the wars the North won. By Bikram S Marwah
I believe that Gettysburg was one of the biggest turning points. It was the highwater mark of the Confederacy. The fall of Vicksburg was another major point. It split the Southern states in two, and limited the resupply of the southeastern states from the west.
No, he Ulysses S. Grant didn't lose any wars but he did lose a battle; the Battle of Shiloh. COMMENT Grant won the battle of Shiloh, not only from the tactical point of view, as the Confederates failed on their attempt to destroy or scatter his army, but especially from the strategical one because, after the battle they withdrew southward, opening the way to the occupation of Corinth and the control of a further long stretch of the Mississippi River by the Union.
because they did
The battle of Vicksburg.
No. It was the last chance for the Confederacy to win. After that, their only hope was that Lincoln would lose the 1864 election.
The Confederacy won the First Battle of Bull Run.
It was due to an overload of the Confederacy's dwindling resources and a hard winter.
Confederates lost Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, Savana, Petersburg, and Appomattox.
The Battle of Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863 saw the Union lose 57 men killed while the Confederacy lost 173 men dead.
Confederacy lost General Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson at the battle of Chancellorsville.
After two and one half years of warfare, the Confederacy adhered to the concepts postulated by military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz. That being to be able to lose a battle but being able to retreat without having their armies destroyed or totally captured. The glaring exception was Confederate General Pemberton's defeat and surrender of his army that defended Vicksburg. Luckily for the South, Union General US Grant did not require a unconditional surrender and he paroled many of the officers and soldiers captured after his successful siege of Vicksburg.
they lose when t old tom fool died
The North won the Battle of Antieatm, Shiloh, Chattonoga, Gettysgurg, Vicksburg, March to the sea in Gorgia, and the Battle of the Appomattox Court House. These are the wars the North won. By Bikram S Marwah
Answer Shiloh was a battle that opened up Grant's way into Mississippi. Vicksburg was the battle the cleared the Mississippi River of Confederate control. Chickamauga was a key victory for the Confederates that held the Union troops confined to Chattanooga, TN. FredericksburgSpotsylvania Gettysburg was a lose that the Confederates could not recover from. St. Petersburg and the battles for Richmond.
Yes Japan did lose the battle of Midway