What is the significance of vicksburg?

Answer 1

It liberated the Mississippi, ending the war in the West, freeing-up Grant to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.

Answer 2

The battle of Vicksburg was very significant as the same as Gettysburg, they were one after anothere.

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Answer 3

Q: What is the significance of the battle of Vicksburg?

Victory in the battle of Vicksburg gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. Remember, the Mississippi River was the "superhighway" of that era used to transport goods, crops, raw materials, etc. from the south to the North and visa-versa.

Q: Why was Vicksburg a stronghold for the South?

Vicksburg was a stronghold on the Mississippi River because of the terrain. The bluffs are a line of 100-200 foot clay hills that border the flat delta of the Mississippi River. These bluffs continue north from Vicksburg and swing to the East in a large arc and continues up to north-central Mississippi. These bluffs are made of clay, which allowed the army and the civilians to dig caves for safety.

The Confederates mounted heavy artillery on top of these high bluffs, which allowed them to shell the Union boats on the river at long range. At close range, the gunboats could not elevate their guns to hit the top of the bluffs. Also, the Mississippi River made a sharp bend at Vicksburg, which allowed Confederate guns placed at the waters edge to hit the Union boats as they slowed to maneuver the river.

Answer 4

The fall of Vicksburg was significant in the Civil War because it was the last Confederate stronghold along the Mississippi River. With its capture, it would split the South in two and open up commercial avenues for the North.

Answer 5

Vicksburg is the strategic turning point of the war.

Answer 6

Vicksburg put the Mississippi in northern hands.

Answer 7

It liberated the Mississippi, ending the war in the West, freeing-up Grant to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.