 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge Bowen abva munharaunda yePort Gibson, 1st ne4th Missouri Yakabatanidzwa yakazoita muHondo yeChampion Hillmusi waMay 16. Boka raBowen rakanga riri pasi pemutungamiri mukuru John C. Pemberton, uye Pemberton akanga agadzirisa mauto ake pedyo neChampion Hill kuti aedze kumisa Grant mberi kuVicksburg. Kurwisa kwakasimba kweUnited Union kwakaputsa rutivi rworuboshwe rwemutsara weConfederate, uye brigade yaCockrell yakatumirwa kuedza kudzivirira kuparara kwakakwana kwemutsara. 1st uye 4th Missouri Yakabatanidzwa yakaumbwa kumagumo ekurudyi kwemutsara waCockrell, uye munguva pfupi yakauya pasi pemoto unorema weUnion. Chirongwa chacho chakabva chabhadhara nzvimbo yeUnited, kutenga nguva yeBrigadier General Martin E. Greens Confederate brigade kusvika. Pamwe chete, mabhirigedhi aCockrell naGreen, kusanganisira 1st na4th Missouri Yakabatanidzwa, vakatengesa mutsara weUnited, uyo akadzoserwa kure. Mushure mekudzinga mauto eUnion kubva pamharadzano uye kutorazve dzimwe pfuti dzakanga dzarasikirwa neConfederates pakutanga muhondo, maConfederates akabhadhara kurima kwemhuri yeChampion, yaive pachikomo uye yaive chinhu chakakosha chenzvimbo. Brigadier General Alvin P. Hoveys Union division yakaputsika nekupomerwa kweConfederate, uye maConfederates akaramba achimanikidza mberi. Zvisinei, kusimbiswa kweUnion uye mutsara wakasimba wezvombo zvehondo zvakapedza mhosva yacho, uye varume vaBowen vakamanikidzwa kurega nzvimbo yavakanga vawana. 1st ne4th Missouri Consolidated vakarasikirwa nevatakuri vemireza vatanhatu paChampion Hill. Pamwe chete, hurumende yakarasikirwa nevarume 46 vakaurawa, 80 vakakuvadzwa, uye 52 vakashaika muhondo, nokuda kwehuwandu hwe178. 