In the spring of 1863, Lincoln was optimistic about upcoming campaigns to the point of thinking the end of the war could be near if a string of victories could be put together ; these plans included Hooker's attack on Lee north of Richmond, Rosecrans ' on Chattanooga, Grant's on Vicksburg, and a naval assault on Charleston.

General Ulysses S. Grant's victories at the Battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign impressed Lincoln and made Grant a strong candidate to head the Union Army.

Before the Vicksburg Campaign in the spring of 1863, Sherman expressed serious reservations about the wisdom of Grant's unorthodox strategy, but he went on to perform well in that campaign under Grant's supervision.

In 1862, during Union General Ulysses S. Grant's overland attempt to capture Vicksburg, the men in blue captured Water Valley, but were defeated in battle by the Confederates north of Coffeeville, and Grant was forced to withdraw.

Port Gibson was the site of several clashes during the American Civil War and figured in Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.

The Battle of Raymond was fought by Confederate and Union soldiers near Raymond on May 12, 1863 as part of General Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign during the Civil War.

Four days later, the pivotal Battle of Champion Hill was won by Grant's troops and sealed the fate of Vicksburg.

In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's offensive against Vicksburg, Mississippi, Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson.

It is thought that Windsor was the first mansion Union troops encountered following Grant's crossing of the river in May 1863 in his effort to cut off Vicksburg from the south.

The campaign was designed by Grant and Sherman to be similar to Grant's innovative and successful Vicksburg Campaign, in that Sherman's armies would reduce their need for traditional supply lines by " living off the land " after consuming their 20 days of rations.

Military historians divide the campaign into two formal phases: Operations Against Vicksburg ( December 1862 – January 1863 ) and Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg ( March – July 1863 ).

Finally, Union gunboats and troop transport boats ran the batteries at Vicksburg and met up with Grant's men who had marched overland in Louisiana.

Grant's Vicksburg Campaign is considered one of the masterpieces of American military history.

Generous terms were also offered to John C. Pemberton at Vicksburg and ( by Grant's subordinate, William Tecumseh Sherman ) to Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina.

* Woodworth, Steven E., ed., Grant's Lieutenants: From Cairo to Vicksburg, University Press of Kansas, 2001, ISBN 0-7006-1127-4.

For example, in April 1863, less than half of Grant's departmental strength was directly engaged in the Vicksburg Campaign.

During the Vicksburg Campaign, he was the inspector general of Grant's army.

" He commanded the cavalry of the XIII Corps in the opening stages of Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.

The 53rd Indiana subsequently took part in Grant's Tennessee campaign of 1862, including the Siege of Corinth and Battle of Vicksburg.

It ran from April 17 to May 2, 1863, as a diversion from Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's main attack plan on Vicksburg, Mississippi.

More importantly, Grierson diverted the attention of the Confederate defenders of Vicksburg away from General Grant's main thrust.

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5 – 7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania ( or the 19th century spelling Spottsylvania ), was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War.

It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, and is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles.

Later that spring, the house was occupied by Union soldiers during McClellan's Peninsula Campaign of 1862 and again during Grant's Overland Campaign in 1864.

The fighting at the Wilderness was also the first battle in Grant's Overland Campaign that would ultimately lead to the fall of Richmond and Lee ’ s surrender at Appomattox.

During Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, Confederate troops under General George E. Pickett fought Union troops near Milford.

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign.

Most of the bloody repulses his army suffered in the Overland Campaign were ordered by Grant, although the aggressive maneuvering that eventually cornered Lee in the trenches around Petersburg were Grant's initiative as well.

Although Meade generally performed effectively under Grant's supervision in the Overland Campaign and the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, a few instances of bad judgment marred his legacy.

Sheridan arrived at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac on April 5, 1864, less than a month before the start of Grant's massive Overland Campaign against Robert E. Lee.

Burnside's IX Corps, which accompanied the army at the start of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, was added later.

Devens later distinguished himself at Battle of Cold Harbor, while commanding the 3rd Division / XVIII Corps in Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign.

Grant's Wilderness Campaign forced Lee into Petersburg, Virginia.

Lookout Mountain was one engagement in the Chattanooga battles between Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Military Division of the Mississippi and the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg.

He was second in command under Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Belmont ( Missouri ) in November 1861, and commanded the 1st Division of Grant's army at Fort Donelson ; his division, whose flank was not properly anchored on an obstacle, was struck by a surprise attack on February 15, 1862, and driven back almost two miles before he was able to get reinforcements.

( Grant's second column approaching Iuka, commanded by Maj. Gen. Edward Ord, did not participate in the battle as planned.

When the Army of the Potomac was reorganized in early 1864 under his friend Grant's guidance, Hays was placed in command of the 2nd Brigade of Birney's 3rd Division of the II Corps.

Grant's Military Division of the Mississippi assembled the following forces at Chattanooga:

After Grant's victory at Chattanooga earned him promotion to general-in-chief of the U. S. Army, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman assumed command of Grant's Military Division of the Mississippi, which controlled all Union armies in the West.

Gen. Alfred Torbert was the initial commander of the 1st Division but was gone for most of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in 1864, so Merritt acted as commander in his place.

In his second season at the Capstone, Grant's young team struggled early in the season, going 8-6 during non-conference play, but bounced back, going 12-4 in SEC play, to win the SEC Western Division title.

During the 2010 – 11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season while playing for the 2010 – 11 Michigan Wolverines team, Darius Morris surpassed Grant's school record single-season assist total set for the 1987 – 88 team.