USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

KEY CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN 1862

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the Union General who won important Union victories at Shiloh, Vicksburg, the Overland Campaign, and Petersburg
A
George McClellen
B
George G. Meade
C
Robert E. Lee
D
Ulysses S. Grant
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After a series of decisive yet costly battles and victories at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General by President Lincoln in 1864 and given charge of all the Union Armies.

Detailed explanation-2: -In May, Union General Ulysses S. Grant led an army south on the west side of the Mississippi past Vicksburg, then crossed over and led his troops back north to lay siege to the city. By mid-June, the Confederates were running low on supplies.

Detailed explanation-3: -He made his reputation in Tennessee, at Fort Donelson and at the Battle of Shiloh. Of his later victories, three that stood out were the Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the Overland campaigns.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although Grant suffered severe losses during the campaign, it was a strategic Union victory. It inflicted proportionately higher losses on Lee’s army and maneuvered it into a siege at Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, in just over eight weeks. Battles: Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia by Kurz & Allison.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.

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