 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1863, hurumende yakaendeswa kuGrand Gulf, Mississippi, uko hurumende yakavaka masvingo. Mwedzi wakatevera wacho, boka racho rakanga riri chikamu cheboka rokutarira rakatumirwa mhiri kwoRwizi rweMississippi kupinda muLouisiana. Mushure mokudzoka kubva kuLouisiana, hurumende yakanga yakamira paGreat Gulf, uye haina kutora chikamu muHondo yePort Gibson musi waMay 1. Musi waMay 3, regiment yaiva chikamu chevarindi vekumashure avo vaidzivirira Confederate kudzoka kubva kuGrand Gulf. Muhondo yeChampion HillMusi waMay 16, 2nd Missouri Infantry, pamwe chete nevamwe vose veFirst Missouri Brigade zvino inotungamirirwa naCockrell yakavhara nzvimbo yakasara mumutsara weConfederate. Gare gare masikati, bhiriji raCockrell rakapindura nekurwisa, kudzinga mauto eUnion uye kutorazve zvombo zveWaddells Alabama Battery, iyo yakanga yatorwa kare muhondo. Vairwisa vakakuvadzwa zvikuru mukurwisa kwacho, mumwe mutezo weboka raCockrell akazonyora kuti ropa rakayerera murukova, semvura ingadai yakaita. Kurwisa kwacho kwakaramba kuchiwedzera, uye pakupedzisira vakasvika pamusoro peChampion Hill, nzvimbo inokosha yaiva munhandare yehondo. Pakupedzisira, vashandi vokuUnited States vakasvika, vakaderedza kurwisa kweConfederate uye vakamanikidza vanorwisa kuti vadzokere. PaChampion Hill, 2nd Missouri Infantry yakarasikirwa nevarume gumi vakaurayiwa, makumi matatu nevashanu vakakuvara, uye makumi matatu nevasere vakashaika, kwehuwandu hwe83. 