The River Campaign That Ended the Confederacy #CivilWar #AmericanHistory #HistoryDoc #Vicksburg

The American Civil War wasn’t decided at Gettysburg or in Virginia—it was decided along the Mississippi River. When the Union severed the South's greatest supply highway, the Confederacy was split in two and starved of vital cattle, crops, and reinforcements. From Winfield Scott’s strategic Anaconda Plan to David Farragut running past the forts at New Orleans, and General Ulysses S. Grant’s audacious Vicksburg Campaign, this is the step-by-step breakdown of how the Union executed a coordinated river offensive to capture the "Gibraltar of the Confederacy." Timestamps: 0:00 - The Fatal Severing: Why the Mississippi Mattered 0:10 - Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan 0:20 - Farragut Takes New Orleans (April 1862) 0:30 - Ironclads Clear Island No. 10 and Memphis 0:40 - Vicksburg: The Gibraltar of the South 0:50 - Grant’s Gamble: The Siege of Vicksburg 1:00 - July 4, 1863: "The Father of Waters Goes Unvexed" #CivilWar #AmericanHistory #HistoryDoc #Vicksburg #MilitaryHistory #USHistory #Education