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The Union established the Gulf Blockading Squadron on October 29, 1861. Based at Key West, Florida, this fleet was responsible for maintaining the Union blockade from that point to the Texas-Mexico border at the Rio Grande River.
Home âº Learn âº Civil War âº Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg share this By early 1863 the Confederates only controlled a stretch of the Mississippi River between Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Port Hudson, Louisiana-- Vicksburg was the more important of the strongholds. Vast quantities of supplies passed through the city on its way to the main Confederate armies. Capture of the city was vital to the Union war effort.