The Mississippi River is next to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
In the context of the American Civil War, the important city 40 miles east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, is Jackson. Capital of Mississippi and an important assembly-point for Confederate troops, it was in 1862 and 1863 a key position for both the Union and Confederate armies in the struggle to control Vicksburg to the west.
The city just west of Jackson is named Clinton, MS. It has a population of about 25,000, making it the 10th largest city in Mississippi.
Mississippi. Also 100 miles to the NE is still Mississippi.Just west is Louisiana, and about 40 miles northwest is Arkansas.Vicksburg is on the Mississippi River, with about half of Mississippi to its northeast and half to its southeast.Ughh proly arkanasa
The confederate state that was to the west of Vicksburg was Louisiana. The Vicksburg Campaign took place in Vicksburg, Mississippi from December 1862 to July 4, 1863.
It was won by the United States, and lost by the Confederate States. Vicksburg was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. Its loss ended the war in the West, and enabled Grant to proceed to Chattanooga and reinforce the Army of the Cumberland. It gave him high credibility, resulting in his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union armies a few months later.
It liberated the Mississippi and ended the war in the West.
Because Vicksburg was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. By liberating the Mississippi, the Union would deny the Confederates all use of the great river, and isolate all Confederate units to the west of it.
Mississippi is approximately 170 miles wide from east to west.
Oaklahoma City is west of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. Its capture by Grant ended the war in the West and divided the Confederacy into two parts.
Capturing the Confederate city of Vicksburg was worth the numbered separate Union campaigns to do so. This was because of its strategic position on the Mississippi River. The Union wanted to control the entire river in order to secure a good position on the western front. But not only that, as Vicksburg was a center for receiving supplies to the west of the city and shipping them to various parts of the South. As it came to be, Vicksburg could only be taken via a long siege. The city basically reached a point of starvation. It gave the Union army control of the Mississippi River