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fortunately for rosecrans, he was sent to mississippi and got as far away from edwin stanton as he could and he went to command under john pope in in mississippi. when pope was promoted and sent east. rosecrans took over the army of mississippi. hal okay the was promoted that receives grant in charge of western forces including the army of mississippi that rosecrans is head of. the two men got along well together. they had known each other at west point, they were friendly. cross-rosecrans equalled called grant a honest man to his wife after meeting him in mississippi. grant said i regret that rosecrans has not got rank equal to his merritt. he said that to henry hal okay. wanted him to get a promotion. he was a brigder general in charge of an army. he was miffed about this. general rosecrans and grant actually worked closely together the to deal with the emerging threat of the confederate offensive that -- was just taking place in kentucky and tennessee but also a parallel one we forget about in mississippi as well. rosecrans decided that his -- his strategy at rich mountain was basically worth a second try. at the batt