Mc Clernand and Grant's Campaign Against Vicksburg

McClernand was in command of a corps stationed at the far away outpost of helena, arkansas. Grant soon appeared on the scene with detailed plans for a campaign against vicksburg. Under his own direction, mc clernand would lead a corps, which, however, was stationed at thefar away outpost ofhelena,. ark Arkansas. After days of fuming and writing,mc clernand finally received a response from lincoln. And to his shock and dismay, the president had somehow turned against him. There had been too many family quarrels among his generals, wrote l Lincoln, for the sake of the union cause, Mc clernand should subordinate himself to grant.