Civil War Mississippi River



battle of vicksburg (ca. 1888)



mississippi river eunice, arkansas, ghost town. eunice destroyed gunboats during civil war.


control of river strategic objective of both sides in american civil war. in 1862 union forces coming down river cleared confederate defenses @ island number 10 , memphis, tennessee, while naval forces coming upriver gulf of mexico captured new orleans, louisiana. remaining major confederate stronghold on heights overlooking river @ vicksburg, mississippi, , union s vicksburg campaign (december 1862 july 1863), , fall of port hudson, completed control of lower mississippi river. union victory ending siege of vicksburg on july 4, 1863, pivotal union s final victory of civil war.







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