Grant's Capture of the City of Vicksburg and Port Hudson

question 70

Multiple Choice

Grant's capture of the city of Vicksburg and Port Hudson in Louisiana in July 1863:

• A)led most northerners to believe that victory would come quickly, with very few casualties.
• B)gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy into two parts.
• C)overshadowed Meade's victory over Lee at Gettysburg.
• D)set the stage for the capture of Mobile Bay in Alabama the next month.
• E)convinced Grant's detractors that he was not, as they asserted, "always drunk."

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