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The Mississippi has affected the outcome of the civil war.
The River didn't do nothing but flow. However it did play an important role in the war. Rivers were one of the main methods of transportation. They also presented a geographical obstacle for armies---especially rivers that are half mile wide like the Mississippi River.
The importance of the river was recognized by the fact that the Confederates built forts along the river from Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoOn March 20, 1863, Halleck ordered Grant to withdraw from the use of the enemy all the slaves he could and employ them as teamsters, laborers, cooks and soldiers.
The motivation of this order were:
- within the last year and after the Emancipation Proclamation, the war had changed its character;
- there was now no hope of a reconciliation with the Confederacy and it couldn't have been any kind of peace but that which would have been established by the force of the arms
- The Union Armies operating there had to take resources from the enemy, irrespective if civilians or military and use the same against him.
Therefore Grant ordered his subordinates that every means to weaken the enemy had to be used, also by destroying their means of subsistence, infrastructure, crops and in every other possible way.
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∙ 14y agoMastery of the river was almost as important as the blockading of the Southern ports. It greatly hampered the movement of supplies to the Confederates.
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∙ 10y agothey fought for the confederacy
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Where was the American Civil War in the west?
Alabama, Lousiana, the Mississippi River, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi
During the civil war did controlling vicksburg Mississippi mean to control the Mississippi river?
Yes, it did.
What was the key city that guarded the Mississippi river in civil war?
vicksburg
A major objective of the north in the civil war was to capture what river?
The Mississippi
What city on the Mississippi river was a famous siege in civil war?
Vicksburg
Did the north or the south want to control the Mississippi river during the civil war?
yes
An economic cause of increasing sectional conflict on the eve of the Civil War was the decreasing importance of what river?
Mississippi river
What is the river that ran through the north and south border during the civil war?
You are probably thinking of the Mississippi river.
On which physical feature is Vicksburg located?
Vicksburg is a large town on the Mississippi River about halfway up the state of Mississippi. It is best known for a major civil war battle
How much commercial traffic did the Mississippi River support prior to the US Civil War?
Prior to the US Civil War, the Mississippi River supported a substantial amount of commercial traffic. In 1860 for example, one thousand commercial vessels operated on the Mississippi River and its major tributaries. At least some 190,000 tons of products were trans ported on the river.
What was the first major civil war battle to the west of the Mississippi river?
Battle of Wilson's Creek
What was the first major Civil War fighting west of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Wilson's Creek
