General · North America
Ulysses S. Grant
1822–1885
Grant commanded in the western theatre of the American Civil War before Lincoln brought him east. His Vicksburg campaign combined a river crossing, a march inland, and a siege that closed the Mississippi to the Confederacy. He later served as president.
Battles
- Siege of Vicksburg
May 18 – July 4, 1863 () · Warren County, Mississippi