Question

With the capture of _____, all confederate supplies from and communication with the west were cut off. vicksburg chattanooga chickamauga mississippi

Answer 1

This would be the capture of Vicksburg. From the spring of 1862 through the summer of 1863, Union solders attempted to take control of the Confederates stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The city was important because it sat on the bank of the Mississippi River.