Vicksburg was a Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River
The two key battles that assured the Union victory in the Civil War were Vicksburg and Gettysburg.
{| |- | Vicksburg Mississippi was a key city for both sides. The Union wanted it to close off the last routes between the western Confederate states and the eastern ones. By capturing Vicksburg the Union succeeded in spliting the Confederacy and speeding up their downfall. |}
The three steps were:1.) to block the ports in the south, or confederacy and then to cut off its trade.2.) divide the confederacy by gaining control of the mississippi river.3.) the north invaded the south both east and west.these are the 3 steps of the anaconda plan for the Antietam part of the civil war.**Basically a Western campaign, Eastern campaign, and a Southern blockade.
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it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river
it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river
it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river
it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river
Vicksburg was a confederate stronghold on the Missippi River.
Vicksburg was a confederate stronghold on the Missippi River.
Vicksburg was a Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River
it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river
it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river
it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river
Because it liberated the Mississippi, isolating all enemy units West of the river, and releasing Grant to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga.
It was one of three major cities, along with New Orleans and Shiloh, that led to Union control of the Mississippi river. This was part of Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan, a strategy to weaken the Confederacy economically and end the Civil War quickly. The other two parts of the Anaconda plan were to blockade the South to prevent arms shipments etc. and to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond.