<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMajor General Ulysses S. Grant we-Union Army wathumela amadoda angu-24 000 eBruinsburg, eMississippi, ngo-April 30, 1863, njengengxenye yomkhankaso waseVicksburg, umsebenzi owawuhloselwe ukuthatha idolobha elibalulekile laseMississippi River iVicksburg, eMississippi. NgoMeyi 1, amadoda kaGrant ayeseqhubekele empumalanga emfuleni, anqoba amaConfederate eMpini yasePort Gibson  <response>: . futhi. Ngemva kokufika ePort Gibson, uGrant wayengakhetha ukuhlasela iVicksburg eseningizimu, noma ukuqhubekela phambili empumalanga bese ephenduka aye entshonalanga ngokumelene nedolobha. Wanquma ukwenza lokhu kokugcina, njengoba kwakunikeza amathuba amakhulu okuthatha ibutho le-Confederate elivikela iVicksburg, ngaphezu kwedolobha uqobo. 