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Vicksburg was the only channel, at the time the only channel connecting the parts of the confederacy divided by the Mississippi. So long as it was held by the enemy, the free navigation of the river was prevented. Hence its importance. Points of the river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson were held as dependencies; but their fall was sure to follow the capture of the former place.
Vicksburg was so important because you had to control that city to control the Mississippi River, other wise no matter what else the union controlled, the Mississippi was worthless.
Iwo Jima was so hard to capture because the Japanese had elaborate underground tunnels connecting to all parts of the island. Because of this the Japanese could go underground during bombing and also resupply easily they also could send there troops to where they were needed and take care of the wounded without risk of death or more wounded
Grant starved out the defenders of Vicksburg after eliminating the possibility of their relief.
Benjamin Grierson led the raids that distracted Confederate forces so Grant could land south of Vicksburg. Benjamin Grierson was a career officer in the US Army.
No one knows why Ulysses S. Grant had to. I guess he was just feeling down and needed something to do, so he captured Vicksburg.
Vicksburg was the only channel, at the time the only channel connecting the parts of the confederacy divided by the Mississippi. So long as it was held by the enemy, the free navigation of the river was prevented. Hence its importance. Points of the river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson were held as dependencies; but their fall was sure to follow the capture of the former place.
Vicksburg was important to the enemy because it occupied the first high ground coming close to the river before Memphis. From there a railroad runs east, connecting with other roads leading to all points of the Southern States. A railroad also starts from the opposite side of the river, extending west as far as Shreveport, Louisiana. Vicksburg was the only channel, at the time the only channel connecting the parts of the confederacy divided by the Mississippi. So long as it was held by the enemy, the free navigation of the river was prevented. Hence its importance. Points of the river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson were held as dependencies; but their fall was sure to follow the capture of the former place.
General Sherman wrote about his reasons of concern for his friend US Grant at the Siege of Vicksburg. Sherman believed that Grant was working and hampered by Northern public opinion. So much so that Sherman feared Grant would abandon the effort to capture Vicksburg.
Vicksburg was the key to the Anaconda Plan's goal of gaining control of the Mississippi River and cutting the South in half. So true, although the Winfield Scott plan was laughed at when he suggested it, it had to be clear that controlling the Mississippi River was vital to the North's war efforts.
The Union's plan to cut the Confederacy in half is the creation of of historians who have not studied the situation of Vicksburg carefully. The Confederacy had three states west of the Mississippi, and of the three, Louisiana had already lost the South's largest city, New Orleans, in April of 1862. The so-called "half" is not numerically or geographically correct. Additionally, the Union had control of the Mississippi River both north and south of Vicksburg. The fact that Union attempts to capture Vicksburg, made in itself a " great victory" in light of the Union's failures to capture it. Logistically and militarily, the fall of Vicksburg was a propaganda victory for the North because it made it so. Yes, Confederate President Davis wanted to retain Vicksburg. However, his best general. Robert E. Lee did not see the logic of sending troops from the east to defend Vicksburg. Additionally, on a military basis the problems of Middle Tennessee were more important to the South then any other aspect of the Western theater in 1863. Additionally ,Texas had access to Mexico and Gulf ports. Arkansas bordered Texas, which was rich in supplies, cattle and farmlands. The Union could have saved time and lives by ignoring Vicksburg and placing its forces in other locations.
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the importance of Mississippi River is more touristic for the Vicksburg.
Even though it is usually overshadowed by the Battle of Gettysburg, the Siege of Vicksburg is the real turning point of the war.
Battle-oriented historians do so because it stopped Lee's invasion of the North and shifted the initiative to the Union for the rest of the war. Strategic-minded historians see Grant's capture of Vicksburg, sealing the South off from reinforcements and supplies, as a less showy but more decisive event.
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Because the defensive strongholds of Vicksburg and Porto Hudson prevented the Union from gaining the full control of the River Mississippi, while their conquest would meant the splitting of the Confederacy into two parts.