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The Mississippi. The Tennessee. The Cumberland.
What else can I help you with?
What two rivers to the Union want to gain control of to split the Confederacy?
The Mississippi river and something else
What are 3 rivers that were strategically important for the control of commerce and troops in the confederacy?
The Cumberland. The Tennessee. The Mississippi.
What city on the Mississippi river did the us want to control of?
The Siege and Capture of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two.
What was the goal of the anaconda plan?
To gain control of the Mississippi River and defeat the Confederacy
Why did the north want to capture forts Henry and Doneleson?
To open the way to the control of Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and to the invasion of Tennessee along the Line Tennessee and Mississippi rivers.
What did the emancipation proclamation end in the confederacy in the confederacy?
nothing. Lincoln had no control over the confederacy. the proclamation ended slavery in the north but their were no slaves up there.
What major rivers were in the Confederacy States during the Civil War?
The Mississippi The Tennessee The Cumberland
Why did the confederacy want the fort Sumter?
The confederacy of the southern states wanted Fort Sumter to have a foot hold on the harbors. The confederacy held possession of Fort Sumter until February 1865, when the North came in and raised the Northern states flag and regained control of Fort Sumter.
The Confederacy knew that it must control?
(Charleston Harbor)
What did the confederacy want from the Battle of Bull Run?
The Confederacy wanted to win and were sort of forced to fight by the North.
How did the Sumerians control the rivers?
Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Sumerians learned to control the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers by constructing levees and irrigation canals.
What major port did the North want to control?
In the US Civil War it was the Port of New Orleans so that they could end commerce on the Mississippi River and effectively divide the Confederacy.
