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America’s Civil War: March 2000 From the Editor| Archives | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post By this time, Lincoln and Stanton had grown increasingly tired of Rosecrans, and readily agreed with Dana’s suggestion “that if it be decided to change the chief commander…I would take the liberty of suggesting that some western general of high rank and great prestige, Grant, for instance, would be preferable as his successor.” A few days later, the guileless Rosecrans departed Chattanooga, his career in ruins, while Grant arrived to take charge of Rosecrans’ old army and–more important–his plans for lifting the enemy siege. When those plans worked perfectly and the Union army made its famous charge up Missionary Ridge, Grant took another giant step along the road to military immortality. Standing behind him, unnoticed, was Charles A. Dana–and he was smiling. Roy Morris, Jr., Editor, America’s Civil War Subscribe Today
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