Based on what you have learned, why would victories in the western theater have been important to the Union?

In the Civil War, the Confederate Army was very interested in targeting the Southwest as a potential ally and area of expansion due to overlapping cultural and economic interests.

As a result, it was important for the Union to be seen as winning in the West to keep the settlers of the Southwest from allying too much with the Confederate army.

D union morale was low after its many losses, and victories would raise that morale.

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