 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 17, 6th Missouri yaiva chikamu chesimba reConfederate rakapiwa basa rokubata kuyambuka kweRwizi Rutsvuku Rukuru. Muhondo yakatevera yeBig Black River Bridge, mutsara weConfederate wakaputsika, uye kukundwa kwokuyambuka rwizi kwakatevera. 6th Missouri haina kugamuchira mirairo yakajeka yekubva, uye haina kubva pamutsara kusvikira hurumende yakakomberedzwa. Mushure mokudzokera shure mhiri kweRwizi Rutsvuku Rukuru, 6th Missouri yakapinda muzvidziviriro zveVicksburg, uye yakatora chikamu mukukombwa kweVicksburg. Musi waMay 19, 6th Missouri Infantry, pamwe chete ne1st uye 4th Missouri Infantry Yakabatanidzwa uye 5th Missouri Infantry, yakashandiswa kuvhara nzvimbo dzisina kusimba muVicksburg yekudzivirira nzvimbo. Musi waMay 22, 6th Missouri yakasimbisa mutsara weConfederate pedyo nepfungwa inozivikanwa seStockade Redan, ichibatsira kudzosera Union kurwisa. 