Using the provided map, identify the geographic feature that the North used as part of their strategy to split the Confederacy in half.
А)
Gulf of Mexico
B)
Rocky Mountains
C)
Mississippi River
D)
Charleston Harbor
The day after the battle of Gettysburg, Union forces defeated Confederate forces at Vicksburg, Mississippi. This victory gave them control of the Mississippi River. And it split the states of the Confederacy.
