Question

Capturing Vicksburg was an important objective for the North because

a. its capture would give the North control of the Mississippi River delta.
b. it was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.
c. its location made it an invasion route to the North.
d. its capture would prevent the South from shipping its cotton to Europe.

Answer 1

A . The capture of Vicksburg would yield the North control of the entire course of the river and thus enable it to isolate those Confederate states that lay west of the river from those in the east.