 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Zuva rakatevera, bhatiri rakanga riripo paHondo yeBig Black River Bridge. Nzvimbo chaiyo iyo chikwata chacho chakanga chiri panguva yehondo inotaurwa nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika Philip Thomas Tucker anoshuma kuti rutivi rwebheteri rwakagoverwa kumutsetse wapamberi weConfederate, uye vamwe vose kurutivi rwuri kure rwerwizi. Tucker anozotaura kuti apo mutsara weConfederate wakaputsika nekurwiswa kweMubatanidzwa, chikamu chepamberi chebhatiri chakarasikirwa nemaguru ayo, sezvo mabhiza ebhatiri akatumirwa kune rimwe divi reRwizi Rutsvuku Rukuru. Mamwe manyuko anotaura kuti bhatiri racho rakanga raiswa chose chose kurutivi ruri kure rwerwizi. Wezvenhau James McGhee anoti zvidimbu zviviri zvakakanganiswa paChampion Hill zvakanga zvisiripo muchiito ichi. Chero nzira, chikamu chebhatiri mhiri kwerwizi chakabatsira kufukidza kudzoka kweConfederate, ndokupinda nhare dzeVicksburg. Mukati mokukombwa kweVicksburg, vamwe vevarwi vakashumira sevapfuri nemhaka yokushomeka kwezvombo. Musi waMay 22, bhatiri rakabatsira kudzinga Union kurwisa, pane imwe nguva vachishandisa zvakapetwa kaviri. Mukati mekukombwa, chikwata chakatambura kana gumi kana gumi nematatu vakakuvara mukati memazuva makumi mana nematanhatu ekurwisana kwakapfuurira. MaConfederates akazvipira kuVicksburg musi waJuly 4, uye Landiss Battery yakatorwa panguva ino. Varume 37 vakasiiwa mubheteri vakasunungurwa pamutemo kutozosvikira vachinjaniswa; vakarayirwawo kuenda kuDemopolis, Alabama. Musi wa1 Gumiguru, Landiss Battery neWades Missouri Battery dzakabatanidzwa neGuibors Battery; Landiss Battery yakarega kuvapo sechinhu chakasiyana. Varume vanenge 75 vakashanda nebheteri racho muhondo yose. Boka racho rakashuma kufa kwenhengo dzaro 22. Pavanhu ava, gumi nevashanu vakaurayiwa muhondo, vatanhatu vakafa nechirwere uye mumwe wevarwi vacho akaurayiwa. 