With the loss of Pemberton’s army, and vital stronghold on the Mississippi, the Confederacy was split in half. With Grant’s success in the West, it boosted his reputation and leading ultimately to his appointed spot as General-in-Chief of the Union armies. The armies in the Union have Major General Ulysses S. Grant, and in the Confederate have Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton. John C. Pemberton began his service as a commander for the department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Texas. He had rapid promotions, and was made a lieutenant in 1862. Ulysses S. Grant volunteered his military services, and he was initially denied by his appointments. Then after a couple years he was appointed to command an unruly twenty-first Illinois volunteer regiment. He learned from his commanders to apply what he learned. That he saw that the regiment was ready for combat by 1861.
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He had boredom and a desire to render failure to his adopted country, prompted the former Northerner. Unable to procure a position with his rank, Pemberton resigned his general spot for a lieutenant colonel of artillery. Pemberton carried on a feud with Johnston regarding the Vicksburg Campaign, and pointed fingers of blame at each other. He returned to the north in the 1870s, and passed away in Philadelphia.
After the battle ended President Johnson named Grant as the Secretary of War. Grant became a national hero when Vicksburg fell. In 1868, running against Johnson, Grant was elected the eighteenth president, and served from 1868 to 1876. Grant started selling short magazine articles about his life, and negotiated a contract with Mark Twain to sell his memoirs. The two-set volume went to sell some 300,000 copies, becoming a classic. Ulysses S. Grant died on July 23, 1885, just as his memoirs were being
He had boredom and a desire to render failure to his adopted country, prompted the former Northerner. Unable to procure a position with his rank, Pemberton resigned his general spot for a lieutenant colonel of artillery. Pemberton carried on a feud with Johnston regarding the Vicksburg Campaign, and pointed fingers of blame at each other. He returned to the north in the 1870s, and passed away in Philadelphia.
After the battle ended President Johnson named Grant as the Secretary of War. Grant became a national hero when Vicksburg fell. In 1868, running against Johnson, Grant was elected the eighteenth president, and served from 1868 to 1876. Grant started selling short magazine articles about his life, and negotiated a contract with Mark Twain to sell his memoirs. The two-set volume went to sell some 300,000 copies, becoming a classic. Ulysses S. Grant died on July 23, 1885, just as his memoirs were being