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WI’s: For the Vicksburg Campaign

This is a thread where anyone can post any what if’s for the Vicksburg campaign. You can also post any information you like regarding the campaign. I’ll start off the what if’s with this one.
What if General McClernand was commander of the Vicksburg campaign instead of Grant. McClenand was one of the best examples of a political general in the war. As a commander, I have heard some people criticize him for being insubordinate and others that he was underrated as a battlefield commander. Anyway he was always after Grant’s job and , due to political connections, he nearly got it. In October 1862, he was given a special command to recruit troops for the expedition against Vicksburg. During the real Vicksburg campaign he served as Grant’s second in command actually above Sherman. McClenand was relived of his command shortly before the fall of Vicksburg.
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