 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bhatiri I rakatama kubva kuMemphis musi wa 6 kusvika 11 June 1863 kuti ribatanidzwe muKukombwa kweVicksburg. Kurwiswa kwakabudirira kupedzwa musi wa 4 Chikunguru. Munguva yekukombwa, bhatiri raitungamirirwa naLieutenant Lansing uye rakashuma kuna William Sooy Smith uyo akatungamirira 1st Division uye Cadwallader C. Washburn uyo akatungamirira XVI Corps contingent. Bhatiri racho rakatora rutivi muKufamba kwaJackson, vachienda kuJackson, Mississippi musi wa4 kusvika 10 Chikunguru uye vakakomba guta musi wa10 kusvika 17 Chikunguru. Rimwe bhuku rakataura kuti boka racho rakashanda mu4th Division, XV Corps kubva muna July 1863 kusvika muna April 1864. Chimwe chiremera chakataura kuti W. S. Smiths 1st Division yakashandura zita rayo ku4th Division, XV Corps muna September 1863. Bhatiri I rakarinda Rwizi Rukuru Rutsvuku kutozosvikira pana September 25 parwakaenda kuMemphis. Bhatiri rakaendeswa kuChattanooga, Tennessee pakati pacho na 23 November. Munguva iyoyo, chikwata ichi chakatora chikamu mumabasa paMemphis neCharleston Railroad kuchamhembe kweAlabama musi wa20-29 Gumiguru. 