 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Grant akaendesa Sherman nemauto 50,000 kurwisana nemauto aJohnston 31.000 muJackson. Johnston akaedza kunyengedza Sherman kuti arwise nechokumberi, asi Sherman akanga aona migumisiro yakadaro paVicksburg. Akaramba uye akatanga kukomba guta racho. Johnston akatiza neuto rake, iro rakanga riri guru zvikuru kupfuura rakanga raitwa naPemberton, asi pakati peMississippi yose zvino yakanga yava kudzorwa naSherman. Akashandisa basa rakatevera mukurwisana neMeridian, Mississippi, semharidzo yenzira dzokupisa pasi dzaakazoshandisa muMarch yake kuGungwaKupfurikidza neGeorgia, uye ipapo South Carolina. 