President US Grant died before his time, as it is often said. Part of his problem with throat cancer may be attributed to his cigar smoking habit. Grant smoked about 2 dozen per day.
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First, Joseph E. Johnston, until he was badly wounded (May 1862), and had to be replaced by Robert E. Lee, who commanded that army until he surrendered it to U.S. Grant in April 1865.
Under the orders of Major General Henry W. Halleck, both generals US Grant and Don Carlos Buell were ordered to Pittsburg Landing in April of 1862. It was clear to Major General Halleck, who commanded Union forces in the Western Theater, that US Grant had been caught by surprise by the Rebels at Shiloh. If Buell's army did not reinforce Grant the night before the second day of battle at Shiloh, the Rebels would have been the victors there. With that said, Buell did indeed arrive in time to reinforce Grant. The now badly outnumbered Rebels were forced into retreat on day two of the battle. While "history" gives the victory to General Grant, his superior officer, General Halleck did not. He immediately left his base in St. Louis to take charge of Union forces after Shiloh. Halleck believed Grant had made a terrible error. Only when Halleck was called to Washington DC to become the new general in chief, did Grant regain his army.
It made them abandon it. Lee's army was badly damaged, and took part in no major operations till Grant was promoted General-in-Chief, and then he was able to keep Lee on the defensive till the end of the war.
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In the middle half of the war (1862-64) Halleck was General-in-Chief of all the Union armies. He was a respected intellectual, but a poor leader, and he feuded badly with other Generals. However, he was gracious enough to accept the job of Chief-of-Staff under his one-time subordinate U.S. Grant.
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The Union troops under Grant - not too difficult, as the fort had been badly sited, and was half under-water.
Donna And Blitzen by Badly Drawn Boy from the Hugh Grant Movie, About A Boy, soundtrack.
Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was killed at Shiloh, shot in the leg and bled to death before any of his staff knew he was badly hurt.
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