Grant's capture of the city of Vicksburg and Port Hudson in Louisiana in July 1863:
A) led most northerners to believe that victory would come quickly, with very few casualties.
B) gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy into two parts.
C) overshadowed Meade's victory over Lee at Gettysburg.
D) set the stage for the capture of Mobile Bay in Alabama the next month.
E) convinced Grant's detractors that he was not, as they asserted, "always drunk."
B
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