Henry Halleck, in charge of the Western theater for the Union blamed US Grant for being caught by surprise and for the large amount of Union casualties. Fresh troops under the command of General Don Carlos Buell arrived to save the Union troops that had been hanging on by a thread. Lincoln decided not to take Halleck's advice on Grant.
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Richard MontgomeryRobert E. Lee was the commanding general for the Confederacy and Ulysses S. Grant was the commanding general for the Union.
Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant was Commanding General for the Union Army of the United States.
The Union general commanding at Vicksburg was Ulysses S. Grant. The Confederates were led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton.
Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant
Prior to his nomination, President Grant was commanding general of the army.
The Commanding General of the Union Army (for most of the Civil War) was General Ulysses S. Grant; the Commanding General of the Confederate Army was Robert E. Lee