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No, he did not fight in the West.

The Confederate garrison at Vicksburg was commanded by John C. Pemberton, under overall command of Joseph E. Johnston, whose orders were often in conflict with those of the Confederate president Jefferson Davis.

On the day Vicksburg surrendered, Lee was engaged in the Battle of Gettysburg.

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