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Admin. Review. Lesson 9. The Civil War on the Rivers. Inland River Campaigns. Combined Union Army - Navy offensives Goal: Control of the Mississippi River Navy gunboats and transports used to support Army Union forces advance down Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to the Mississippi

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  1. Admin

  2. Review

  3. Lesson 9 The Civil War on the Rivers

  4. Inland River Campaigns • Combined Union Army - Navy offensives • Goal: Control of the Mississippi River • Navy gunboats and transports used to support Army • Union forces advance down Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to the Mississippi • Divided Union Command

  5. Kentucky and Tennessee • Fort Henry • Wx • Debut of the ironclads • Fort Donelson • Commander’s will • From a total of 500 Confederate shots, St. Louis was hit 59 times, Carondelet 54, Louisville 36, and Pittsburg 20. • Grant captures more soldiers than all previous American generals combined

  6. Siege of Vicksburg • Vicksburg the big obstacle to dominance of the Mississippi • Porter ferried Grant’s troops across to the east bank of the river, south of the fort • Grant takes the fort from the rear • Surrender on 4 July 1863 • Naval support: gunfire, troop transport, and logistical reinforcement

  7. Siege of Vicksburg

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