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February 1862 - July 1863. Location: Mississippi River. United States. Participants: Confederate States of America. United States. Context: American Civil War. Mississippi Valley Campaign, the campaigns and battles of the American Civil War that were fought for control of the Mississippi River.
The outflanked garrison at Columbus quickly withdrew, removing the first obstacle to retaking the Mississippi River. This opening campaign illustrates the factors through which Union forces eventually achieved dominance of the western rivers.
The Mississippi River campaigns, within the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War, were a series of military actions by the Union Army during which Union troops, helped by Union Navy gunboats and river ironclads, took control of the Cumberland River, the Tennessee River, and the Mississippi River, a main north-south ...
The Mississippi was an important military highway that bordered ten states, roughly equally divided between Union and Confederate loyalties. Both sides soon realised that control of the river was a crucial strategic priority.
9 de nov. de 2009 · The Confederate defeat at Vicksburg, and a second Union victory downriver at Port Hudson, Louisiana, ensured that the Union would have complete control of the Mississippi River.
27 de abr. de 2015 · On April 27, 1865, the steamboat Sultana exploded and sank while traveling up the Mississippi River, killing an estimated 1,800 people. Titanic: Voyage To The Past. The event remains the worst...
Port Hudson. East Baton Rouge Parish and East Feliciana Parish, LA | May 21 - Jul 9, 1863. From May 21 to July 9, 1863, Union General Nathaniel P. Banks besieged Major General Franklin Gardner's small command at Port Hudson, one of the last strongholds on the Mississippi River.
