The Battle of Champion's Hill
It was the end of the war in the West, and Grant was able to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga.
His last major battle was the Siege of Petersburg. When Lee abandoned his positions there and tried to escape, there were minor engagements at Five Forks and Appomattox before the final surrender.
The story goes that Mrs Grant had a very bad feeling come over her that afternoon about going to the theater so she feigned an illness so she and Her husband wouldn't have to attend.
He had detailed a bodyguard to protect Grant, whom he regarded as an assassination target. When the Grants cried-off, Lincoln reckoned he himself didn't need a guard. There was one theatre policeman, who had gone off for a drink. There is a popular version that says Lincoln did have a bodyguard in the Presidential Box, but the show was so riveting that he was watching the stage when he should have been watching the door. This is very believable, but unfortunately there is no truth in this colourful anecdote.
The Battle of Champion's Hill
Mindful of the experience made at the battle of Shiloh, Grant never more neglected of making his battle line covered by field fortification. Even during the attacking phases of a battle, the advancing units were ordered to entrench in the best possible way the ground they gradually would conquer, thus preventing them from being driven back by an enemy counterattack and from suffering excessive losses during the fighting.
Victory at Vicksburg secured control of the Mississippi Valley for the Union.
It was named in honor of General Ulysses S. Grant's victory at Vicksburg
General Halleck was General US Grants superior officer at the time of the Battle of Shiloh. Grant's failure to entrench his army upon landing at Pittsburg Landing was a major error that could have caused a Federal defeat. Halleck was infuriated and took control of Grant's army and led it to Corinth, Mississippi.
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Union General Halleck was cautious after the Union victory at Shiloh because of the near defeat of Grants army. Afterwards it took his forces of over 100,000 men more than a month to cover the 30 miles between Shiloh and Corinth. This was due to the fact he insisted on marching only 1/2 a day. The army spent the rest of the day digging entrenchments to defend against any Confederate attacks. Halleck was much too conservative as any enemy armies were far outnumbered and too weakened to launch any offensives against Halleck.
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The near-disaster at Shiloh in Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862,when he was caught off-guard, and his whole army nearly pushed into the Tennessee River. They rallied just in time, then reinforcements arrived, and the enemy commander Albert S. Johnson was killed. The battle was then hailed as an important Union victory but critized in the press. THe uniion lost over 13,000 men; the Confederates about 10,700.
The near-disaster at Shiloh in Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862,when he was caught off-guard, and his whole army nearly pushed into the Tennessee River. They rallied just in time, then reinforcements arrived, and the enemy commander Albert S. Johnson was killed. The battle was then hailed as an important Union victory but critized in the press. THe uniion lost over 13,000 men; the Confederates about 10,700.
The near-disaster at Shiloh in Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862,when he was caught off-guard, and his whole army nearly pushed into the Tennessee River. They rallied just in time, then reinforcements arrived, and the enemy commander Albert S. Johnson was killed. The battle was then hailed as an important Union victory but critized in the press. THe uniion lost over 13,000 men; the Confederates about 10,700.