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On the 22d, Grant reported to Halleck his arrival at the Mississippi, and the investment of Vicksburg.
In narrating the events of the assault, he said: ‘General McClernand's dispatches misled me as to the facts, and caused much of this loss.
He is entirely unfit for the position of corps commander, both on the march and on the battle-field.
Looking after his corps gives me more labor and infinitely more uneasiness than all the remainder of my department.’
On the 24th, also, Grant made his first report of the battle of Champion's hill, which had been fought eight days before.
After leaving Jackson, he had no opportunity of communicating with the government until he arrived before Vicksburg; and, since then, he had been too busy to write reports.
New York Appleton 1885.
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