How did the Battle of Vicksburg affect the people and their families?

Answer 1

The ultimate outcome was that, with Vicksburg in Union hands, the Union controlled nearly the entire length of the Mississippi River (when Port Hudson fell 5 days later, this control became total). This split the Confederacy into two parts and, coupled with the naval blockade, prevented Confederate troops in the "Trans-Mississippi Department" (Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, most of Louisiana, and what was then known as "Indian Territory" but later became the state of Oklahoma) from effectively participating in the remainder of the war in the east.