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Northern success in the Siege of Vicksburg was important because the Union had a plan called the anaconda plan. The anaconda plan is when the Union planned to cut the Confederacy in half. By doing this, the Confederacy would not have any way to obtain (get) supplies (food, clothes, weaponry, etc.) When the siege of Vicksburg was a success, the Union was able to carry out the anaconda plan since the Mississippi River is in Vicksburg, and by taking over the Mississippi River, that split the Confederacy into two.
It was an outstanding success of Grant's strategy.
Northern success in the Siege of Vicksburg was important because the Union had a plan called the anaconda plan. The anaconda plan is when the Union planned to cut the Confederacy in half. By doing this, the Confederacy would not have any way to obtain (get) supplies (food, clothes, weaponry, etc.) When the siege of Vicksburg was a success, the Union was able to carry out the anaconda plan since the Mississippi River is in Vicksburg, and by taking over the Mississippi River, that split the Confederacy into two.
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Sieges that many consider important in the history of the world are the Siege of Jerusalem in 63 B.C. by Pompey the Great and the Siege of Dorostolon by the Byzantines in 971 A.D. Other important sieges are in more modern times are the Siege of Budapest which lasted from 1944 to 1945 and the Siege of Wounded Knee in 1973.
The ballista was a powerful siege machine.
The Mongols had a sophisticated knowledge of siege craft and support equipment. In one unnamed assault, they used 4,000 scaling ladders and 4,000 siege engines. Some of these were able to catapult pots of burning naphrha over the walls of a besieged city.
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Union General Butler's failed offensive in Virginia added damaged public morale in the North. This was amplified by the fact that Grant's decision to place Petersburg under siege added to the problem. Militarily, a siege is considered a successful strategy as a result of an offensive victory in battle. Grant's heavy casualties and lack of success against Lee left the Union's public with no tangible evidence of success. Grant's reputation was damaged by his operations in Virginia that forced him into the siege of Petersburg.
The Union victory at Vicksburg resulted in northern control of the Mississippi River.
Holding it impeded the German-Italian advance into Egypt.
Trench warfare was widely practiced in the Us Civil War, such as the Vicksberg siege and Wilderness campaign. the latter had extreme close-range fighting as the forested area ( natural fire trap) acted also to impede visibility- attempting to accurately range and sight-in a cannon in such circumstances was a deadly game of luck. There were similar engagements.