30,000 Confederate prisoners paroled.
Exclusive use of the river, as a military highway of prime importance.
Isolation of all Confederate troops West of the river.
Grant and Sherman free to help the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.
The union gained control of the Mississippi after the capture of Vicksburg.
The Union gained complete control of the Mississippi River.
It allowed the Union and enabled them to control the river systems and to blockade the entire southern coastline.
It allowed the Union and enabled them to control the river systems and to blockade the entire southern coastline.
It allowed the Union and enabled them to control the river systems and to blockade the entire southern coastline.
It allowed the Union and enabled them to control the river systems and to blockade the entire southern coastline.
Vicksburg
The Union gained control of the Mississippi river in the spring of 1862. The victory at Shiloh gave the North the advantage in the fight for control of the Mississippi River and the river valley.
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they gained control of Canada and french lands east of the Mississippi river.