The battle of Cool Creek (July 17-18, 1864) was fought along the Shenandoah River in Clarke County, Virginia, and is almost unknown to most students of the Civil War, at best a footnote to the Battle ...

When he took command of his own troops in the Civil War ... and at the Battle of Shiloh. Of his later victories, three that stood out were the Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the Overland campaigns.