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The UNION gained access to several rivers but most importantly the Mississippi river. This also made the union closer to completing the ANACONDA Plan

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Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. of the United States captured both Fort Donnellson and Fort Henry back in the 1860s. The two ports were strategic locations for trade and investment.

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