Who interceded on Pickett's behalf so he could return to Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
Confederate president Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
President Andrew Johnson
Answer
Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the Union Army, interceded on Pickett's behalf so that he could return to Virginia after the Civil War. Pickett had been captured by Union forces at the Battle of Five Forks and imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Virginia. Grant, who had served with Pickett during the Mexican-American War, believed that Pickett was a brave soldier and did not deserve to be imprisoned.
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