Double AHC: Keep Burnside and/or Butler in command until the end of the ACW

Which one was more likely to keep their command


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Like it says in the title. Come up with a POD(s) that keeps either, or both, General Ambrose Burnside and General Benjamin Butler in commanding positions until the end of the American Civil War instead of having them pulled from duty a few months before its end as in OTL.

I'm asking for this as an aid for a TL I'm working on so any help at all will be appreciated. Thank you.
 
Butler and Burnside were in command into the end of the ACW, Burnside infamously botched the Battle of the Crater and Ben Butler was relieved in late 1864. This was OTL.
 
Butler and Burnside were in command into the end of the ACW, Burnside infamously botched the Battle of the Crater and Ben Butler was relieved in late 1864. This was OTL.

I think he means the very end as neither was in command in Apr 1865. I think Butler is more likely due to his better political savvy.
 
I think he means the very end as neither was in command in Apr 1865. I think Butler is more likely due to his better political savvy.
Yes, I meant to around April. When it comes to Butler the only reason that I know of for him being pulled from command was how the Battle of the Crater turned out. So what could go differently that would allow him to stay in command? Should the course that the battle went be changed or can a simpler POD be made in which less blame is laid on Burnside? Any other ideas?
 
If Meade doesn't infere, replacing the trained negro troops with random unprepared white troops, ther attack might proceed better. Therefore Burnside's plan and preparations might get the credit they deserve.
 
According to the Wikipedia article on Burnside:

"Burnside was relieved of command on August 14 and sent on leave by Grant; Meade never recalled him to duty. A court of inquiry later placed the blame for the Crater fiasco on Burnside and his subordinates. In December, Burnside met with President Lincoln and General Grant about his future. He was contemplating resignation, but Lincoln and Grant requested that he remain in the Army. At the end of the interview, Burnside wrote, "I was not informed of any duty upon which I am to be placed." He finally resigned his commission on April 15, 1865."

Can anyone hear think of an alternate situation fron OTL that could have occured near the end of the ACW that would have encouraged Burnsides superiors to recommision him, or perhaps have the court which charged him make a different verdict? From what I understand so far he was a good military leader who got a bad reputation from one battle that went terribly wrong due to not fault that was his own.
 
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