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The War in the West Ulysses S. Grant knew that taking control of the Mississippi River would cut off food to the Confederacy. • Feb. 1862 Grant, with help of gunboats, takes two outposts on key rivers. • Ft. Henry - Tennessee River • Ft. Donelson - Cumberland River Tennessee River Battle of Shiloh Peace) (Place of Battle of Shiloh Advancing south into Tennessee, Grant stops near Shiloh Church to await the Army of Ohio. Battle of Shiloh Memorial to the soldiers of the South at Shiloh Control Mississippi River • • • • Grant heads down river Union Navy blasts up river. Port of New Orleans Gateway to the Mississippi. Gun Boats & Ironclads CSS Calhoun in 1861-62 USS Calhoun in 1862-64 USS Miami Union side-wheel gunboat American Civil War USS Miami USS Miami USS Monitor USS Monitor Ironclad Virginia formerly the Merrimac C.S.S. Virginia CSS Virginia The Union Navy David Farragut • Born in Tennessee • Join the Union moved his family north • January 1862 instructions to enter the Mississippi and capture New Orleans • May of 1862 attempted to subdue Vicksburg • Bombardment was unsuccessful • Vicksburg 200 ft. river bluffs • Many guns could not reach up but they could fire down. • Returns again in June but decides to run past Vicksburg to join Commander Davis of the Western Flotilla 20 miles north. Siege of Vicksburg Vicksburg "Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until the key is in our pocket," said Abraham Lincoln "Vicksburg is the nail head That holds the South's two halves together," said Confederate President Jefferson Davis Vicksburg during the Civil War Vicksburg, the fortified city considered essential to the Union's plan to regain control of the Mississippi River. On May 22, Grant began a siege of the city. After six weeks, they surrendered, giving up the city and 30,000 men. Not wanting to feed 30,000 prisoners Grant offered them parole. The capture of Port Hudson, Louisiana, shortly thereafter placed the entire Mississippi River in Union hands. The Confederacy was split in two. . . .
