Mississippi Valley Theater

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The Mississippi Valley Theater was the Civil War military theater encompassing campaigns and battles along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, where control of this vital waterway was contested between Union and Confederate forces.

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instanceOf American Civil War theater
military theater
belligerent Confederate Navy
Confederate States Army
Union Army
Union Navy
commandedBy Earl Van Dorn
Henry W. Halleck
John C. Pemberton
Nathaniel P. Banks
Richard Taylor
Sterling Price
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
conflict American Civil War
countryInvolved Confederate States of America
United States of America
endTime 1865
hasKeyEvent Battle of Arkansas Post
Battle of Big Black River Bridge
Battle of Champion Hill
Battle of Fort Donelson
Battle of Fort Henry
linked to: Fort Henry campaign

Battle of Helena
Battle of Island Number Ten
Battle of Iuka
Battle of Memphis
Battle of Milliken’s Bend
Battle of New Madrid
Battle of Shiloh
Port Hudson campaign
Red River campaign
Second Battle of Corinth
Siege of Corinth
Siege of Port Hudson
Siege of Vicksburg
Vicksburg campaign
linked to: Siege of Vicksburg
hasObjective control of major river tributaries
control of the Mississippi River
division of the Confederate States
locatedIn Arkansas River
Cumberland River
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Valley
Missouri River
Ohio River
Tennessee River
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War
result Union victory
startTime 1861
strategicEffect Union control of the Mississippi River
isolation of the Trans-Mississippi Department from the rest of the Confederacy

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Battle of Shiloh theater Mississippi Valley Theater