There were two main reasons. First, the Mississippi river was the south's main way of transporting goods. They sent goods down the river to port cities such as New Orleans where the goods were then shipped off and sold. Second, by gaining control of the Mississippi river, the north could successfully divide the south into two separate parts, neither of which could reach each other to assist each other. Gaining control of the Mississippi river was a key part of winning the war for the north.
The Mississippi river and something else
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The French hoped to gain control over the lucrative fur trade in North America and to establish colonies along the Mississippi River for trade and settlement. Additionally, they aimed to expand French influence in the region and to thwart Spanish expansion into the territory.
The Mississippi was too huge for the Union so they didnt want to control it!
They wanted it for there beautiful women that they could rape with out anyones disaproval.
because they wanted to have control of the all of mississippi.
The Mississippi. The Tennessee. The Cumberland.
The Siege and Capture of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two.
To open the way to the control of Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and to the invasion of Tennessee along the Line Tennessee and Mississippi rivers.
In the US Civil War it was the Port of New Orleans so that they could end commerce on the Mississippi River and effectively divide the Confederacy.
more land
Part of the Northern strategy was to take control of the Mississippi River. Vicksburg was a large and powerful city on the river, heavily defended, and it had to be taken in order to complete this stratgy.