Mississippi River Campaign

GPTKB entity

Properties (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military campaign
gptkbp:aftermath Control of supply lines
Split the Confederacy
Strategic advantage for the Union
Boosted_Union_morale
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Mississippi_River
gptkb:Battle_of_Arkansas_Post
gptkb:Battle_of_Milliken's_Bend
Battle of Jackson
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Big Black River Bridge
Battle of Champion Hill
Battle of Port Hudson
Battle of Memphis
Battle of Baton Rouge
Battle of Grand Gulf
Battle of Fort Hindman
Battle of Fort De Russy
gptkbp:finaleDate 1863-07-04
gptkbp:historicalImpact Influenced future military campaigns
Demonstrated importance of river control
Turning_point_in_the_Civil_War
Led_to_the_fall_of_the_Confederacy's_western_theater
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mississippi River Campaign
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:David_Farragut
gptkb:John_A._McClernand
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:launchDate 1862-04-01
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:result Union victory
gptkbp:significance Control_of_the_Mississippi_River
gptkbp:tactics Siege warfare
Anaconda Plan
Combined operations
Naval blockade