 Complete the following phrase:  The 35th then detached from the Army of the Potomac and was sent to another and distant department. In March 1863, it had proceeded with the reorganized Ninth Corps to the southwest where its services were much needed. April and May were passed in Kentucky. Thence they were transported down the Mississippi to the vicinity of Vicksburg where they threw up earthworks and defenses. They were now with the Army of the Tennessee under the command of General Grant. Under Sherman, after the 