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Chapter 19, Section 3.

Chapter 19, Section 3. The War in the West. The Union western strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River. The most important Union General in the West. Was later put in charge of the Eastern Theater by Abe Lincoln. Would become a president. General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Chapter 19, Section 3.

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  1. Chapter 19, Section 3. The War in the West

  2. The Union western strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River.

  3. The most important Union General in the West. Was later put in charge of the Eastern Theater by Abe Lincoln. Would become a president. General Ulysses S. Grant

  4. A Union naval officer who captured New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Natchez. David Farragut

  5. The Siege of Vicksburg • The city’s population was starving and in despair.

  6. When Grant and the Union finally defeated Vicksburg, control of the Mississippi belonged to the Union.

  7. Cherokee Indians fought on the side of the Confederacy because some of them were slave-owners and others thought they would get better treatment from the Confederacy.

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