 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - XVI Corps yakarongwa musi waDecember 18, 1862 naMaj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut achitungamirira. Yaiva nemapoka mana aitungamirirwa naWilliam Sooy Smith 1st Division, Grenville Dodge 2nd Division, Nathan Kimball 3rd Division naJacob G. Lauman 4th Division. Mapoka aya akapiwa basa rokurinda munzvimbo dzakapoteredza Memphis, Tennessee, LaGrange, Tennessee uye Corinth, Mississippi. Neuto reTennessee rakakomba Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant akaunganidza vashandi vanobva kunzvimbo dzakapoteredza. Zvikamu zvaSmith, Kimball naLauman zvakarairwa kuenda kuVicksburg musi wa12 Chikumi. Chikwata ichi chaitungamirirwa naMajor General Cadwallader C. Washburn. Hurlbut naDodge vakaramba vari pabasa revarwi muTennessee panguva iyi. Mushure mekudonha kweVicksburg, divi raSmith rakabatanidzwa neIX Corps uye divi raLauman rakabatanidzwa neXIII Corps panguva yeMaj. Gen. William T. Shermans expedition kuJackson, Mississippi. 