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Union Victory
Goal Union: To protect the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard. The Union wanted to seize Tennessee
Goal Confederate: To use the state as a breadbasket for their Western forces.

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Union Victory
Goal Union: Control the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, Anaconda plan part 3
Goal Confederate: To attack the Union Navy boats after they won the Fort Henry.

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Union Victory
April 6, 1862
40,000 Confederate soldiers
The two day battle at Shiloh produced more than 23,000 casualties and was the bloodiest battle in American history up to that time.

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David Farragut was a Vice Admiral for the Union during the Civil War. During the war he was in charge of the Union blockading squadron located in the western Gulf of Mexico. This is where he was going to enter the Mississippi and take over New Orleans. He went past them with guns blazing even though he was not suppose but he was successful in taking over. This took place in the night on April 24th, 1862. He destroyed most of the Confederate river squadron. This made him in charge of the area which led to the surrender of both forts and cities.

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The siege of Vicksburg was actually of course between the Union (north) and the confederates (South). With this war it was located in Warren county, Mississippi. With the win it was  a decided Union win. The dates for the war was May 18,1863 to Jul 4th, 1863, it was a rather short battle.  There were a total of 4,835 Union deaths and Confederate deaths were 32,697. However the Battle of Vicksburg was huge because the Union got control of the Mississippi River therefore the Union were able take over and shutdown the trade of the Confederates, their transportation, and military operations. Vicksburg was the key.

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Fort Henry and Fort Donelson: They were both significant union victories because they paved the way for the Union to capture Nashville, Tennessee near the end of February.
Battle of Shiloh: It allowed Grant to begin a massive operation in the Mississippi Valley later that year.
Farragut up the Mississippi: With the control of the Mississippi Farragut was able to lead a successful attack on Mobile Bay.
Siege of Vicksburg: It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. One of the battles that marked a turning point in the war in favor of the Union.

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February 6th 1862 the Union started at Fort Henry. They moved South across the state of Tennessee. Then they did the Farragut up the Mississippi starting in Louisiana. They moved North from Louisiana to Vicksburg Mississippi. They had control of the Northern and the Southern parts of the Mississippi river.

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With all of the battles that our group covered which was me (Katelyn), Trisha, Jazzlynn, and Aubrey. We realized that all of the battles were Union wins. The Union was a army you didn't want to mess with.

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The goal of the Union was to take control of the Mississippi so the South could not use it to get resources. The goal of the Confederacy was to be able to use the Mississippi to get resources and send resources to other Confederate states.