 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Siege of Port Hudsonyakanga iri rutivi rwokuedza kwakabatanidzwa kweUnion kuwana udzori hwakazara hweRwizi rweMississippi. Yakaitwa musi waMay 22 kusvika musi waJuly 9, 1863 nemauto aitungamirirwa naMajor General Nathaniel Prentice Banks, uye yakangopera nekuti Confederate General Franklin Gardner akazvipira mushure mekudzidza kudonha kweVicksburg, Mississippi kumauto eUnion. General Banks akarayira mapoka maviri akaumbwa chose chose navaAfrica vokuAmerica, 1st uye 3rd Louisiana Native Guards, kuti varwise nzvimbo dzeConfederate kumaodzanyemba kweFoster Creek mangwanani aMay 27. Paiva nemibvunzo mumasangano ehondo yeUnion pamusoro pekuti mauto aya aizoita sei, ayo aiva pakati pevokutanga kusanganisira vatungamiri veAfrica-America. Zvikamu zvacho zvakazvisunungura zvakanaka, zvichisvika mukati memabhatiri eConfederate katatu vasati vadzingwa. Urongwa hwose hwekurwisa hwakanga hwarongwa naBanks hwakakundikana, zvimwe zvacho zvaikonzerwa nokuitwa kwezvikamu zvacho zvishoma nezvishoma, zvisina kurongeka, uye zvisina kurongeka. Zvikamu zvairwisana nenzvimbo iyi zvakatambura 37 vakaurayiwa, 155 vakakuvadzwa, uye 116 vakashaika kunze kwevarume vanopfuura 1 000 vakagoverwa, uye vakaramba vari mumunda kusvikira varayirwa kuti vadzoke na4: 00 PM. 