 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurasikirwa neChitsuwa Nhamba 10nguva pfupi Farragut asati atora New Orleans, maConfederate akanga asiya Memphis, Tennessee, achisiya varindi vashoma chete vokumashure kuti vaite basa rokunonoka. Mukutanga kwaJune, izvi zvakatsvairwa parutivi paHondo Yokutanga yeMemphis nemagungwa eWestern Gunboat Flotilla ichangobva kushandurwa kuva Mississippi River Squadron uye United States Ram Fleet, uye Mississippi yakavhurika kusvika kuVicksburg. Nokudaro guta iroro rakava nzvimbo bedzi parwizi isiri mumaoko eFederal. 