U.S. Grant, before he was famous.
The Ohio River was not used by General Grant in the Union campaign in the west.
The Ohio River was not used by General Grant in the Union campaign in the west.
The Tennessee River and the Cumberland River were used by General Grant in the Union campaign.
William Tecumseh Sherman
George McClellan
Union general Nathaniel Banks was blamed for the failure of the Red River Campaign. This series of battles took place between March and May of 1864.
The Tullahoma campaign , the campaign of Middle Tennessee, involved the armies of Confederate General Braxton Bragg and the Union General William Rosecrans. This series of conflicts immediately preceded the Chickamauga campaign. It was a high point for General Rosecrans.
Union General George B. McClellan had plans for General Totten in the 1862 Peninsula campaign. Late in March of 1862, McClellan had requested that General Totten be made available to build fortifications on the peninsula leading to Richmond. He was an experienced engineer. McClellan understood that the experience of the Army's chief engineer, Totten would be invaluable in this campaign.
On July 4, 1863, Confederate general John Pemberton surrendered the city of Vicksburg to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, thus ending a lengthy campaign for Union control of the Mississippi.
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General Tecumseh Sherman, was the Union General who ransacked the South, all the way to the sea. He took over the Union Campaign in the west after General Ulysses S. Grant took over command of the Union Army, or the Army of the Potomac.
McClellan's Peninsular campaign failed because the Confederate army was defending Richmond better that McClellan anticipated. They retreated, then turned and attacked McClellan, surprising the Union general.