John C. Pemberton.
General Wade Hampton was the highest confederate officer by the end of the war. General Robert E. Lee was the most notable commander of the confederates.
The garrison commander was John C. Pemberton, and his area commander was Joseph E. Johnston.
The Union controlled the Mississippi River after defeating the Confederates in the Vicksburg Campaign.
Vicksburg
Because Grant pursued the Confederates back into their lines and starved them out.
Vicksburg was the site of the siege, not a commander of the battle.
Gettysburg and Vicksburg was important because it showed that the Confederates could not invade the North.
Managed to cross to the East bank of the Mississippi and besiege the Confederates in Vicksburg until they starved them out.
It was the battle of Vicksburg.
The Union general commanding at Vicksburg was Ulysses S. Grant. The Confederates were led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton.
Grant led the Army of the Tennessee.
there were about 9,000 soldiers hurt or killed.