 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 114th Illinois yakabatanidzwa muJackson Expeditionkubva pana 419 Chikunguru 1863. Pakava nokurwisana paBirdsong Ferry paBig Black River musi wa4 kusvika musi wa6 Chikunguru. Kurwiswa kweJackson musi wa10-17 Chikunguru kwakapera nekudzokera shure uye kuteverwa kwemauto eConfederate aJoseph Johnston ayo akapera paBrandon Station musi wa19 Chikunguru. Rejimendi rakarasikirwa nevarume 7 vakaurawa uye vakakuvadzwa mukati mekufamba. Boka racho rakadzokera kuVicksburg uko rakaita basa rokurinda. Musi wa 3 Gunyana, regiment yakarairwa kuOak Ridge uko maConfederate partisans akabata varume vaviri vakanyorwa uye vakauraya Second Lieutenant Joseph A. McClure musi wa 2 Gumiguru. Musi wa14-20 Gumiguru, 114th Illinois yakapinda muchirongwa chakananga kuCanton kusanganisira chiito paBogue Chitto Creek musi wa17 Gumiguru. Chiremera chakakwira zvifambiso zvemvura musi wa20 Mbudzi kuti chifambe chichienda kuMemphis. Kubva musi wa 26 Mbudzi 1862 kusvika musi wa 5 Kukadzi 1864, chikwata ichi chakaita basa rekutungamirira kuMemphis. 