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title: "Why was Vicksburg key to the Union's Anaconda Plan?"  
description: "Why was Vicksburg key to the Union's Anaconda Plan?"  
author: "agustina johnson"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40798/why-was-vicksburg-key-to-the-union-s-anaconda-plan  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was Vicksburg key to the Union's Anaconda Plan?

Why was Vicksburg key to the [Union](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41834/how-can-one-best-describe-the-soviet-union-s-role-in-eisenhower-s-domino-theory)'s [Anaconda](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42018/what-was-the-goal-or-purpose-of-the-anaconda-plan-during-the-civil-war) [Plan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41931/why-were-the-colonial-assemblies-critical-of-the-albany-plan-of-union)?\
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