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.
The Confederates were led by General Robert Edward Lee. The Federals were led by General George Brinton McClellan.
The vicksburg Campaign convinced Lincoln that Grant was the right man to lead the whole Union Army.
He was the South's ( Confederates ) General . He lead the confederates during the Civil War .
If you mean who was "victorious" at The First Battle of Bull Run, it was the Confederates lead by Stonewall Jackson.
No, Major General George Pickett was in command of a division of Longstreet's I Corps in the east with Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. At the time of the Vicksburg Campaign he would have been either in Virginia or later in Pennsylvania fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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- To train the confederates how to go to war, the south needed some help so he did it.
a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
Ulysses S. Grant
The Confederates were led by General Robert Edward Lee. The Federals were led by General George Brinton McClellan.
Sidney Johnston, killed in that battle.
The vicksburg Campaign convinced Lincoln that Grant was the right man to lead the whole Union Army.
He was the South's ( Confederates ) General . He lead the confederates during the Civil War .
Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
If you mean who was "victorious" at The First Battle of Bull Run, it was the Confederates lead by Stonewall Jackson.
So many Confederates died, that the South could only fight a defensive war. Also at the same time, Gen Grant took Vicksburg and the North controlled the Misssissippi river. So the loss of Vicksburg and the defeat of the Confederates meant that Gen Grant would lead the Union Army to Victory, two years later.
The Vicksburg battle was important because the villagers were in danger of loseing their beloved homes and they didnt want that to happen therefore it was very important that they won the battle because then they would have lost their paths that lead to the southern states and the didnt want to lose that as well !