vicksburg
...ed to take act on the siege vicksburg. A powerful politician named John A. McLernand brought the whole idea up. He wanted to raise an army from the midwest.And race down to vicksburg and capture it, and went to lincoln with his idea. In fear he might lose a valuable politician, Abraham agreed with the command although grant never knew until December 1862. When he finally realized it, lincoln told him that he had complete control over the whole western theater and could move McCLernands troop where ever he wanted. The first thing grant did was decide that he should take vicksburg instead and notlet McCLernand get it.So in the december of 1862, grant went southward, but did not get far before he found trouble. As grant was moving south, davis called bragg to help out pemberton. Fo...