Ulysses S Grant
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after a lengthy siege
Ulysses S. Grant
The Union could control the Mississippi River from Vicksburg
Ulysses S. Grant was the general who won at Vicksburg, and became commander of all the Union Armies. Grant would go on to serve as the 18th President of the United States.
Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S Grant
That general was William Tecumseh Sherman. He was one of General Grant's lieutenants at Shiloh and Vicksburg, and was the overall commander of the combined Union armies at Atlanta.
grant-union general in the west whose fame rose after winning the battle of Shiloh and then became commander in chief of union armies after winning at Vicksburg in 1863. lee-general of the army of northern Virginia. sucessfully defended the south from northern invasions, but lost both of his northern invasion battles, with Gettysburg being his pivotal lost. late in the war, he became commander of all confederate armies. surrendered to grant in 1865 at appamatox
U.S. Grant
U.S.Grant .
General Grant was appointed Supreme leader of all Union armies.
US Naval commander Samuel P. Lee was the first Union commander to demand the surrender of Vicksburg Mississippi. This demand was made on May 18, 1862. Lee was the captain of the USS Oneida. Just prior to this the City of New Orleans was captured and Baton Rouge also fell. The Union navy then set its sights on Vicksburg.
The Union - ending up as General-in-Chief of all the Union armies.
Ulysses S. Grant