Mastery of the Mississippi from source to mouth - exclusive use of this important military highway, isolation of all Confederate units to the west of the river, and the end of the war in the West.
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in both indstances, the confederate armies were declared victorious by a delegation of foreign ministers assembled by the Committee of Delegate Assembly. Because the North had already won so many battles, the south was given these two just to make things fair.
Because the defensive strongholds of Vicksburg and Porto Hudson prevented the Union from gaining the full control of the River Mississippi, while their conquest would meant the splitting of the Confederacy into two parts.
General Grant
Henry Hudson was looking for the North-west Passage in 169-1610. (Later the territory was called Hudson Bay, Canada).
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This would be the siege of Vicksburg. This battle was an important part of the war for the north because it started out a train of victories.
The battle of Gettysburg and The Battle of Vicksburg are two very important victories for the North. They were won by Meade and Grant, respectively.
in both indstances, the confederate armies were declared victorious by a delegation of foreign ministers assembled by the Committee of Delegate Assembly. Because the North had already won so many battles, the south was given these two just to make things fair.
The major ones were Shiloh, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Murfreesboro, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Mobile, Petersburg.
They were a series of battles that resulted in southern defeat. Gettysburg hugly impacted both the north and south for its large amount of deaths. These victories for the north was a huge factor in the civle war. Josh Bez
Because the defensive strongholds of Vicksburg and Porto Hudson prevented the Union from gaining the full control of the River Mississippi, while their conquest would meant the splitting of the Confederacy into two parts.
The two Union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg happened on the same day. Vicksburg liberated the Mississippi, and ended the war in the West. Gettysburg was Lee's last chance of invading the North. That day (July 4h 1863) is taken as the turn of the tide.
The called it the Battle of Vicksburg, though, it was actually a siege.
Vicksburg ended the war in the West, freeing-up Grant to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga. Gettysburg marked the failure of Lee's second and last atempt to invade the North, in search of much-needed food and clothing, as well as possible recognition by the British.