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title: "How did the Union army gain control of the Mississippi River?"  
description: "How did the Union army gain control of the Mississippi River?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42789/how-did-the-union-army-gain-control-of-the-mississippi-river  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did the Union army gain control of the Mississippi River?

How did the [Union](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1510/union-example-in-sql-server) army gain [control](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/137/asp-dot-net-ajax-control-toolkit-calendarextender) of the [Mississippi River](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42881/why-did-settlers-need-to-be-able-to-use-the-mississippi-river)?\
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