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The Battle of Vicksburg (1863) was strategically significant because it:

  1. Ended the threat of a Confederate invasion of the North
  2. Gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two
  3. Resulted in the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis
  4. Forced the complete and total surrender of the main Confederate army in Northern Virginia
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Correct answer: Gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two

Ulysses S. Grant's successful siege of the city isolated the Confederate states of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from the rest of the South. This loss of a vital supply line was a devastating blow to the Confederate war effort.

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