He employed a strategy known as a "siege" to capture the city of Vicksburg.
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The Wilderness was a battle, not a campaign. It was the first battle of the Overland Campaign (May 1864). Lee had won this battle, but Grant did not retreat. He hung on Lee's flank and eventually crowded him into a corner.
He was determination to do what he had to do