The Mississippi river
The Mississippi River
the confederacy was split in two after it lost strongholds along the mississippi river.
There was no river that divided the Union and Confederacy. It was the 36°30′ north that divided the two. Any state above this line, except Missouri, could not keep slaves. Any state below the line could keep slaves.
The seize of Vicksburg, because it gave to the Union full control over the Mississippi River and split into two parts the Confederacy.
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The Mississippi river and something else
Vicksburg
Mississippi
ANSWER The city was the most large city of the Confederacy. By its capture the Union sized the control of the Lower Mississippi, that, in addition to the progress made on the upper course of the river, was an important step forward to gain the whole control of the river and split in to two parts the Confederacy.
The splitting of the Confederacy into two parts.
Vicksburg, because split the Confederacy in to two parts.