The fall of Vicksburg on the Mississippi, last major Confederate river-port.
This isolated all Confederate units to the West of the river.
Vicksburg
Vicksburg
It was Gen Ulysses S. Grant's July 1863 victory at the Battle of Vicksburg that cut the Confederacy in half. Vicksburg, Mississippi was the only remaining Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, so Grant's victory gave the Union control of the lower Mississippi River, along with splitting the South in two by cutting Richmond off from the Western half of the Confederacy
The battle of Vicksburg.
The Mississippi passed into Union control, and all Confederate units to the west of the river were cut-off.
Union
Camp Alleghany -Inconclusive. Carnifex Ferry - Union Victory Cheat Mountain - Union Victory. Droop Mountain - Union Victory. Greenbrier River - Inconclusive. Harpers Ferry - Confederate Victory. Hoke's Run - Union Victory. Kessler's Crosslanes - Confederate Victory. Moorefield - Union Victory. Philippi - Union Victory. Rich Mountain - Union Victory. Shepherdstown - Union Victory. Smithfield Crossing - Inconclusive. Summit Point - Inconclusive.
union
The Union had victory!both sides claimed victory but it was the union who actually won
It allowed the union to take control of the Mississippi River.
It was very important to the Union army, because the battle cut off Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana from the Confederate army.
Fort Henry - not too difficult, as it was half under water. Shiloh might be classified as the first major victory.