Vicksburg is the Key

During the Civil War, the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg became a turning point. The Union victory there in 1863 established Federal control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two. Although the war continued for nearly two more years, the battle at Vicksburg turned the tide that led to Union victory in the Civil War. Jefferson Davis called Vicksburg the nailhead that held the South's two halves together, while Abraham Lincoln said the war could never be brought to a close until that key was in Union hands.

Vicksburg, Mississippi · United States