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=**Vicksburg**=

 Vicksburg is in Mississippi. Ulysses Grant started to attack the town of Vicksburg during May. The town sat on a bluff that was above the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River was under the control of the Confederates before the battle. This was an advantage to the South because it was above the Mississippi River and the Confederates were able to regulate what and who passed on the river. Their control began at Memphis and ended at New Orleans. Eventually Vicksburg surrendered to the Union. Following Vicksburg's surrender the Union won other battles and they were able to have control over the entire Mississippi River. During the attack on Vicksburg the North lost 10,142 soldiers and the South lost 9,091.

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