 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 30 95th Illinois yakabatanidzwa mukuyambuka Rwizi rweMississippi paBruinsburg nevasara veboka raMcPherson uye vakapedza mavhiki maviri akatevera vachifamba munzira dzinopisa uye dzine guruva dzeMississippi. Vakanga vari munharaunda dzokurwisana paHondo yeRaymond neHondo yeJacksonasi dzaichengetwa. Boka ravo rakakandirwa muchiito paHondo yeChampion Hill asi panguva yavakasvika pamberi muvengi akanga akundwa uye akanga achitiza achidzokera kuVicksburg. Musi waMay 18 uto raGrant rakasvika kumucheto kweVicksburg uye rakagadzirira kurwisa mabasa eConfederate. Zuva rakatevera racho mauto eFederal akaedza kupamba dziviriro. 95th Illinois, chikamu cheBrigadier General Thomas E.G. Ransoms brigade yeGeneral John McArthurs division, yakanyura mberi ndokuwana nzvimbo pedyo nemabasa eConfederate. Mukurwisa uku Colonel Thomas Humphrey akakuvadzwa mutsoka asi akaramba achidzora chikwata chacho uye akavatungamirira kubva munhandare paakarayirwa kuita kudaro. Pashure pemazuva maviri okuzorora, Grant akasarudza kuedzazve, panguva ino achitumira ruzhinji rweuto rake mberi kuzorwa nenhare dzeConfederate. Zvakare 95th yakawana chikomo chechikomo chakavabvumira kupfura pasi mumakomba eConfederate, asi vakafumurwa uye vakapinza pfuti. Pashure pemaminiti mashomanene, Colonel Humphrey akavarayira kuti vadzokere. Kurasikirwa kworutivi rwekurwisa uku kwakasvika 25 vakaurayiwa, 124 vakakuvadzwa, uye 10 vakashaika. 