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Why was northern success in the siege of Vicksburg important

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The northern success in siege was important to Vicksburg because it was fulfilling Grant Anaconda's Plan. In the plan it had stated union had a plan to cut the Confederacy in half.  Vicksburg siege had made the Union have control over the Mississippi. 
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