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Vicksburg Campaign Outcome  It is quite ironic how the Union defeated the confederacy at Vicksburg on Independence day of 1863. This battle gave control of the Mississippi river to the Union. With that came the ability to transport goods very far and very safely it was part of the anaconda plan for the Union and also the first part completed. It was a devastating blow to the Confederacy and it was, as some people say, the beginning of the end for them. When the news came to Port Hudson that Vicksburg was lost, the Confederate troops there knew that they were next and that they had no chance. As they suspected, Union troops were there in five days and they barely had to attack before the Confederacy surrendered. It isn't as well known as Gettysburg, but Abe Lincoln said it was the most brilliant fight in the Civil War. One major part that effected the rest of the war was that after Vicksburg, Grant was known as one of the best Generals ever for the Union, and Lincoln's "main man." After the loss for the Confederacy, some say it was the darkest time in our political existence.



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