Grant's capture of Vicksburg cut the Confederacy in two.
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Yes. Vicksburg cute the Confedracy into two.
No, that was the the fall of Vicksburg, on the Mississippi river.
With the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, the Federals gained full control of the Mississippi River and thus cut the Western Confederacy (Trans Mississippi District) off from the eastern two thirds of the Confederacy. Control of the Mississippi was vital to the Union's Anaconda Plan which was intended to strangle the Confederate supply lines both foreign and domestic.
There were two cities that were captured by Union fleets which cut of supplies to the Confederacy. The first city was Mobile Alabama, and the second New Orleans Louisiana, this was known as the Union Blockade.
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Vicksburg
Yes. Vicksburg cute the Confedracy into two.
The battle of Vicksburg.
No, that was the the fall of Vicksburg, on the Mississippi river.
The seizure of Vicksburg closed the Mississippi to Southern traffic, cutting the Confederacy in two.
With the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, the Federals gained full control of the Mississippi River and thus cut the Western Confederacy (Trans Mississippi District) off from the eastern two thirds of the Confederacy. Control of the Mississippi was vital to the Union's Anaconda Plan which was intended to strangle the Confederate supply lines both foreign and domestic.
Vicksburg
There were two cities that were captured by Union fleets which cut of supplies to the Confederacy. The first city was Mobile Alabama, and the second New Orleans Louisiana, this was known as the Union Blockade.
Because the union had more troops and cut off the confederacy from supplies using the anaconda plan.
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
By the Union capturing Vicksburg and Port Hudson they took complete control over Mississippi river.