Mississippi Valley Theater

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American Civil War theater military theater

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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Label	Occurrences
Mississippi Valley Theater canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War theater ⓘ military theater ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States Navy ⓘ surface form: 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 Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Fort Donelson Fort Henry campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Fort Henry 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 ⓘ Battle of Port Hudson ⓘ surface form: Siege of Port Hudson Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ surface form: Vicksburg campaign
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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ