The siege of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, was a significant battle of the United States Civil War, and the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. Vicksburg was a fortress with a massive artillery located on a sharp bend in the Mississippi River. read more
There are a couple: it closed the ring of the Union blockade around the eastern Confederate states and it showed Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman how to wage war without supply lines. read more
Victory in the battle of Vicksburg gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. Remember, the Mississippi River was the "superhighway" of that era used to transport goods, crops, raw materials, etc. from the south to the North and visa-versa. read more