What was the successful Union strategy for taking Vicksburg?
to sneak across the river and attack the city at night
to launch a naval attack against the fortress at Vicksburg
to surround and bombard the city, cutting off supplies
to avoid Confederate fire by digging canals around the fortress
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The successful Union strategy for taking Vicksburg was to surround and bombard the city, cutting off supplies. This tactic eventually forced the Confederate forces to surrender, concluding the Siege of Vicksburg in July 1863.