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The key river-port was Vicksburg. If that one could be captured, the rest of the river would automatically fall into Union hands.
Grant wanted to approach Vicksburg from the East, because the Western side of the town was a high cliff that would be impossible to capture.
But Lincoln had been made an offer by a fellow-Northwestern politician, John McClernand, that he would be able to raise a private army, and bring it down the West bank of the river.
Grant had to work with McClernand, and sure enough, when they reached Vicksburg, they were not able to storm the cliffs.
Grant tried several ways round, and none of them worked. Then he made one of the most brilliant tactical decisions of the war. He would take his men downstream, in order to cross over to the East bank, and then attack the town from there. Meanwhile he would order a cavalry raid down through the whole state of Mississippi, to distract the attention of the garrison commander (Pemberton). It worked brilliantly, and the port fell to the Union on July 4th.
What else can I help you with?
What was the goal of the anaconda plan?
To gain control of the Mississippi River and defeat the Confederacy
The plan to gain control of the Mississippi river and split the confederacy in two was called?
the anaconda plan
What two rivers to the Union want to gain control of to split the Confederacy?
The Mississippi river and something else
What opened the way for union forces to split the confederacy and gain complete control of the Mississippi river?
Grant's capture of Vicksburg did that.
What was the plan called to gain control of the Mississippi river?
The plan to gain control of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War was part of the Union's larger military strategy known as the Anaconda Plan. This strategy aimed to blockade Southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in two, thereby restricting its ability to transport troops and supplies. The successful capture of key locations along the river, such as Vicksburg in 1863, was crucial for achieving this objective.
Why did the Battle of Vicksburg start?
To gain control of the Mississippi river.
What was the union's goal in the west?
to gain control of the mississippi river
What would Union accomplish if it could gain control of the entire Mississippi river?
They would stop trade and imported goods from traveling on the Mississippi river.
What would the union accomplishment could gain control of the entire Mississippi river?
The Union could have successfully blockaded all the ports the Confederacy needed to ship supplies and troops in and out.
What would the Union accomplish if it could gain control of the Mississippi River?
The Union could have successfully blockaded all the ports the Confederacy needed to ship supplies and troops in and out.
Why did David farragut's capture of New Orleans signifigants?
ANSWER The city was the most large city of the Confederacy. By its capture the Union sized the control of the Lower Mississippi, that, in addition to the progress made on the upper course of the river, was an important step forward to gain the whole control of the river and split in to two parts the Confederacy.
What was the purpose in attacking Vicksburg Mississippi?
to gain control of Mississippi river a supply line and split the confederate
