Why did Ulysses S. Grant want Vicksburg Mississippi?

Answer 1

After the fall of Memphis and New Orleans in 1862 Vicksburg Mississippi remained a transit point for Confederate supplies across the Mississippi River. The high bluffs which the town sits on are a singular feature of the Mississippi Delta region and made the city a natural fortress for the Confederacy. Control of the town and the bluffs meant control of the Mississippi river and all the commerce and communications that went with it. Therefore the town became the most important strategic objective of the Union Army in the West from December 1862 until the town surrendered on July 4 1863,

Answer 2

The gun emplacements on the bluffs commanded the approaches on the river. They could blast any enemy river traffic out of the water or allow any friendly boats to pass. When Grant captured Vicksburg, the Union gained the advantage that the Confederates lost.

Answer 3

To divide the Confederacy into two, and isolate the troops on the West side of the river.

And to deny the Confederacy any use of the river as a transport highway.

Answer 4

so the union could control the Mississippi river.

Answer 5

Because it was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.

When it eventually fell into Union hands, the Confederates were denied access to the entire river.

Answer 6

It was a prime military highway, linking the North with the blockade-runners' port of New Orleans, and losing control of the river would isolate Confederate troops on the West side of it.

Answer 7

Vicksburg was the last key to controlling the Mississippi River.

Answer 8

to gain rebelience!!