 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kutonga kweUnion paRwizi rweMississippi kwakatanga kusimba. Musi waApril 7, apo maConfederate akanga achidzokera shure kubva kuShilo, Union Maj. Gen. John Pope akakunda simba raBeauregard raive roga paChitsuwa Nhamba 10, kuvhura rwizi rwacho kusvika kure kumaodzanyemba seMemphis. Musi waApril 28, Admiral David Farragut akatora New Orleans, guta guru reSouth uye chiteshi chengarava chinokosha zvikuru. Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler akabata guta racho nehurumende yechiuto yakasimba iyo yakakonzera kutsamwa kukuru pakati pevanhuwo zvavo. 