Vicksburg
It slowed down the union conquest of the mississippi area
It slowed down the union conquest of the Mississippi area.
That would be the Siege of Vicksburg.
It depends on how one defines large. It was Important because it gave the Union command of the Mississippi.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, is the answer.
Vicksburg because it cut the south into and opened -up the Mississippi river for the north.
Grant seized Vicksburg.
To gain control of the Tennessee River, an important military highway linking Alabama with the Mississippi.
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Because the battle was one of the most important Union victories in the Trans-Mississippi theater, which gave to the Union the control of most of Arkansas State.
The most important battle was Vicksburg - liberating the Mississippi and ending the war in the west. The most important event was the Emancipation Proclamation, because it kept Britain and France from sending aid to the Confederates.