... and Cumberland Rivers as well as some vital southern railroads. While the two armies fought for land, the North was in control of the sea. Their main purpose was to block the South from trading so their wages will be lowered severely. The South tried to lose the North's ships with their blockade-runners. These blockade-runners can outrun the great ... ran out, the Confederates were eating horses, rats, and dogs. With the pressure of sickness and hunger, the Confederates surrendered Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. After McClellan's defeat, Lincoln ordered General John Pope to advance directly...

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