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blockading southern ports and cutting the confederacy in two by controlling the mississippi.
to cut off the north and the south
grant plan was very smart and they toke time to think what was going to happen so that's why they win
the plan for the liri battle was to defeat Rome
Grant put the city of Richmond under siege by essentially surrounding it and cutting off any supply route. The above answer requires more detail. In the Spring of 1864 Grant devised a strategy to cut Richmond's supply lines from the South. Five railroads led from the city of Petersberg to Richmond, Grant's plan was to destroy these and Richmond would surely fall. This strategy was placed in jepoardy and Richmond would live to see another day.