<prompt> Feleletša polelo e latelago: Ka May 2, sehlopha sa Sherman se ile sa tshela noka ka  <response>: Grand Gulf gomme ya tšwela pele go ya Raymond, Mississippi, yeo XVII Corps ka tlase ga General James B. McPherson e ilego ya e thopa ka May 12. Sherman o ile a feta Raymond gomme a gatela pele go ya go Jackson, yeo yena le McPherson ba ilego ba e tšea ka May 14, le yeo Johnston a bego a tlogile go yona. Ka morago ga ge Sherman a kgethile Mower gore e be mmuši wa madira wa Jackson, madira a Union a ile a fiša karolo ya toropo, a senya difeketori tše dintši gomme a kgaola ditlamo tša ditimela le Vicksburg. Maikemišetšo a Grant a ile a matlafatšwa ka mo go oketšegilego ge madira a gagwe a be a fenya Ntweng ya Champion Hill ka May 16 le Ntweng ya Big Black River Bridge ka May 17. Ka May 22, madira a ile a tšea karolo tlhaselong ya Grant ya go hlasela Vicksburg. 