<prompt> Feleletša polelo ye e latelago: Major General Ulysses S. Grant wa Madira a Kopanego o ile a romela banna ba 24 000 Bruinsburg, Mississippi, ka April 30, 1863, e le karolo ya lesolo la Vicksburg, e lego lesolo leo le bego le reretšwe go thopa motse o bohlokwa wa Vicksburg, Mississippi, wo o lego Nokeng ya Mississippi. Ka May 1, banna ba gagwe ba ile ba ya ka bohlabela go tloga nokeng, banna ba Grant ba ile ba fenya ma-Confederate kua  <response>: Ntwa ya Port Gibson. Ka morago ga Port Gibson, Grant o be a ka kgetha go hlasela Vicksburg go tšwa ka borwa, goba go tšwela pele go ya ka bohlabela gomme ka morago a retologa gomme a ya ka bodikela go hlasela motse. O ile a dira phetho ya go diriša tsela ya bobedi, ka ge e be e nea tebelelo e kgolo ya go thopa madira a Confederate ao a bego a šireletša Vicksburg, go tlaleletša motseng ka bowona. 