It prevented Texas supplies from reaching Confederate troops.
The splitting of the Confederacy into two parts.
The Union could have successfully blockaded all the ports the Confederacy needed to ship supplies and troops in and out.
The union gained control of the Mississippi after the capture of Vicksburg.
It prevented Texas supplies from reaching Confederate troops.
The Mississippi was too huge for the Union so they didnt want to control it!
They would stop trade and imported goods from traveling on the Mississippi river.
The Union could have successfully blockaded all the ports the Confederacy needed to ship supplies and troops in and out.
The Vicksburg Campaign, specifically the Siege of Vicksburg, allowed the Union to take control of the Mississippi River.
The Union got control of the Mississippi River.
The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863 gave the Union full control of the river from its source to its mouth.
The Vicksburg Campaign, specifically the Siege of Vicksburg, established control of the Mississippi River.
The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the river along its entire length.