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the bad things happened at the Vicksburg Campaign was that the confederates surrendered and they had to give the union there land and there soldiers.
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Fort Hindman was fought in Arkansas - a Union victory that formed no part of the Vicksburg campaign strategy, more-or-less a diversion or distraction. But many small engagements took place on the West bank of the Mississippi during this campaign, some in Arkansas.
The Battle of Vicksburg is also called the Siege of Vicksburg
It marked the beginning of the Union ascendancy in the West. It was followed by the Vicksburg campaign which liberated the Mississippi.
the bad things happened at the Vicksburg Campaign was that the confederates surrendered and they had to give the union there land and there soldiers.
The Union controlled the Mississippi River after defeating the Confederates in the Vicksburg Campaign.
The Vicksburg Campaign, specifically the Siege of Vicksburg, allowed the Union to take control of the Mississippi River.
U.S. Grant led U.S. forces throughout the Vicksburg Campaign.
The vicksburg Campaign convinced Lincoln that Grant was the right man to lead the whole Union Army.
The Vicksburg Campaign, specifically the Siege of Vicksburg, established control of the Mississippi River.
80 union soldiers
The Gibraltar of the Confederacy.
On July 4, 1863, Confederate general John Pemberton surrendered the city of Vicksburg to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, thus ending a lengthy campaign for Union control of the Mississippi.
Fort Hindman was fought in Arkansas - a Union victory that formed no part of the Vicksburg campaign strategy, more-or-less a diversion or distraction. But many small engagements took place on the West bank of the Mississippi during this campaign, some in Arkansas.
The Campaign of Vicksburg began as siege in 1862 and was finally taken by the Union Troops on 4 July 1863.
there were about 2.1 million soldiers in the union