Question

After the Battle of Vicksburg a Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. b Lee never again invaded the South. c the Union controlled the Mississippi. d Confederates had free reign of the oceans. e Grant was reassigned to command of the western theater.

Answer 1

Answer:

. c the Union controlled the Mississippi.

Explanation:

The battle of Vicksburg which was started on 18th May 1863 and lasted till 4 July of the same year is one deciding battles of the Civil War of the United States. Union Major General S.Grant and his Army Of Tennessee crossed the Mississippi and put the Confederates Army into a defensive line. He charged two assaults on the fortress of Vicksburg but with little success and then he decided to besiege the fortress of Vicksburg. the confederate army ran out of supplies and surrendered after forty days. The defeat resulted in weakening the war efforts of Confederates and Mississippi was controlled by the Union.