Grant was not happy to learn that McClernand had conducted the operation without his approval, considering it a distraction from his main objective of Vicksburg, but since it had been successful and his ally Sherman had suggested it, he took no punitive action.
Grant var ikke glad for at høre, at McClernand havde gennemført operationen uden hans godkendelse, og anså det for at være en afledning væk fra hans primære mål Vicksburg, men da det havde været succesfuldt, og hans allierede Sherman havde foreslået det, foretog han ingen straffeforanstaltninger.