It took 30,000 Confederates out of uniform.
It liberated the Mississippi, denying the Confederates any use of the river.
It isolated all Confederates to the West of the river till the end of the war.
It cleared the whole region, so that Grant and Sherman could head East to join up with the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.
And crucially, it gave Grant the credibility to be promoted to the job of General-in-Chief.
End of the war in the West - Grant's troops freed to help the Army of the Cumberland.
All use of the Mississippi denied to the Confederates, and their units beyond the river isolated for the rest of the war.
The Grant-Sherman partnership acquired credibility - Grant soon to be General-in-Chief, with a senior command going to Sherman.
Union Forces gained control of the Mississippy River.
Johnny Cash flew in and sang a powerful heart warming song and the war was over and they became friends and didnt fight:).
Vicksburg was the true strategic and logistical turning point of the war.
battle of antietam (NEW RESPONDENT) That was the bloodiest 1-day battle. Gettysburg was the bloodiest alogether.
The Battle of Vicksburg.
It is really the Siege of Vicksburg.
Yes, it was. All battles tend to be influenced by the circumstances that led to them.
Battle of Vicksburg
You probably mean the battle of Vicksburg, in the American Civil War. According to http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-vicksburg, the capture of Vicksburg marked the turning point of the war.
The battle of Vicksburg
I you mean the third battle in the war, no, it was not.
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg is also called the Siege of Vicksburg
Vicksburg
Vicksburg
The Battle on Vicksburg. On that day after months of holding out, Vicksburg surrendered to the Union forces under General Ulysses Grant. An interesting note on that is that for over 100 years, the city of Vicksburg refused to join in with the rest of the country in celebrating the 4th of July as Independence Day.
Vicksburg was the true strategic and logistical turning point of the war.
Vicksburg - the battle that liberated the Mississippi.