Vicksburg stood as a fortified artillery emplacement at a strategic location on the Mississippi River.
A location does not have a strong military. Rome developed of a strong military for historical reasons.
Vicksburg was the true strategic and logistical turning point of the war.
The address of the Friends Of Vicksburg Military Park And Campaign Inc is: 1612 Mission 66, Vicksburg, MS 39180-3706
Vicksburg was a heavily fortified positon which controlled a hairpin bend in the Mississippi River. Whoever held Vicksburg controlled the lower river valley.
Vicksburg's location was strategic because it sat on a 200-foot bluff above the Mississippi River. Capturing Vicksburg would sever the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy from that east of the Mississippi River and open the river to Northern traffic along its entire length.
The Union could control the Mississippi River from Vicksburg
A location does not have a strong military. Rome developed of a strong military for historical reasons.
Strategic location.
Vicksburg was the true strategic and logistical turning point of the war.
The address of the Friends Of Vicksburg Military Park And Campaign Inc is: 1612 Mission 66, Vicksburg, MS 39180-3706
Vicksburg was a heavily fortified positon which controlled a hairpin bend in the Mississippi River. Whoever held Vicksburg controlled the lower river valley.
Vicksburg's location was strategic because it sat on a 200-foot bluff above the Mississippi River. Capturing Vicksburg would sever the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy from that east of the Mississippi River and open the river to Northern traffic along its entire length.
1. strategic military location 2. economic resources 3. trade/shipping
Simply by location
They were both sieges.
The Cause of the Siege of Vicksburg was that the guns at Vicksburg commanded a strategic position on the Mississippi. Grant had to capture it to have unrestricted use of the Mississippi Valley for his troops, and security from attack in the rear when he turned toward the Deep South.
Military actions in Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi all contributed to the Vicksburg Campaign.