France controlled the Mississippi river in 1754.
Vicksburg was a heavily fortified positon which controlled a hairpin bend in the Mississippi River. Whoever held Vicksburg controlled the lower river valley.
Trade on the Mississippi river was controlled by the French and Native Americans. The Mississippi river is 2,350 miles long.
During the American Revolution... The land north of the Mississippi River was controlled by Spain
Vicksburg.
Vicksburg
the French and the Indians
Thomas Jefferson
The Mississippi River was the supply lifeline of the confederate Army. who ever controlled the river would basicy beable to win the war based on logisitcs
The United States of America
New Orleans was considered strategic because it controlled the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi.