Which of the following statements BEST explains why Ulysses S. Grant wanted to gain control of the Mississippi River for the Union (North)
so the Union could cut off supplies from Texas (beef), Louisiana (sugar) and Arkansas (bacon) from the rest of the
Confederate states and their armies
so the Union could transport troops up and down the river faster than they could by railroad
so the Union could provide an escape route for enslaved people after the Emancipation Proclamation
so the Union could capture the capitol city of Richmond, Virginia and end the war