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Why were the union victories in the west and the west and the fall of new Orleans significant to the union cause?

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What Southern states supported the Union after the onset of the war?

During the Civil War, several Southern states remained loyal to the Union, notably Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. These states had significant populations of Union loyalists and were strategically important due to their locations. Additionally, parts of Virginia, particularly the western regions, also sided with the Union, leading to the formation of West Virginia in 1863.


What did the victories at Vicksburg and port Hudson provide for the North?

Mastery of the Mississippi from source to mouth - exclusive use of this important military highway, isolation of all Confederate units to the west of the river, and the end of the war in the West.


Who led the most successful union forces in the west?

U.S. Grant distinguished himself as the first Union General to deliver significant victories, though the credit initially went to his superior, Henry Halleck. Grant led the successful Vicksburg camaign, which ended the war in the West, and enabled him to supply crucial aid to the besieged Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.


Why was Vicksburg a major victory for the union?

It ended the war in the West, enabling Grant to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga. And it liberated the Mississippi, an important military highway which would be at the service of the Union, and all Confederate troops west of the river would be isolated.

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Why were the union victories in the west and the west and the fall of new Orleans significant to the union cause?

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Union victories in the West gave them the key strategic control of what?

The Mississippi River. -Kenzie!!


Union commander who first made his mark with victories in the west?

Ulysses S. Grant


Who was the union commander who first made his mark with victories in the west?

Ulysses S. Grant


Union victories in the west made it difficult for these two states to send supplies east?

Texas and Arkansas


What American leader won important victories in the west?

George Rogers Clark


Why was Vicksburg so strategically important?

Vicksburg controlled access to and on the Mississippi.


What was the strategic importance of Grant's victories for the union?

Grant's victories in the West meant that Lee could be isolated to Northern Virgina and worn down without other armies coming to his relief. When he became the overall commander, his victories led to Lee's surrender.


What two victories did the union have in 1863?

Gettysburg (East) and Vicksburg (West). By chance these two great victories came at the same moment, and the news announced joyfully on the Fourth of July 1863.


Why were the union victories in the west in the fall of New Orleans significant to the union cause?

the west was mad also it lasted 4 years, bloodiest single day battle, and the general of the confedercay sent his the doctor to go help the prisiniors


Why were Union victories the west and the fall of new Orleans significant to the union cause?

the west was mad also it lasted 4 years, bloodiest single day battle, and the general of the confedercay sent his the doctor to go help the prisiniors


Why were the Union victories in the west and the fall of new Orleans's significant to the union cause?

the west was mad also it lasted 4 years, bloodiest single day battle, and the general of the confedercay sent his the doctor to go help the prisiniors