<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi neMpi Yombango YaseMelika, iGrand Gulf yayiyindawo yokuhlangana okuningi. Ngo-1862, u-Admiral David Farragut wazama ukuthatha imikhumbi yezikebhe zase-Union yadlula iGrand Gulf ukuze ihlasele iVicksburg. Wayehlukunyezwa amavukela mbuso ayedutshulwa eseGrand Gulf, okwenza uJenene Thomas Williams azame ukushisa leli dolobha. Izakhamuzi zendawo zamqinisekisa ukuthi ukudubula kwakungesikho okwakuvela ezakhamuzini zedolobha futhi kwasinda. Noma kunjalo, leli dolobha lashiswa amabutho aseNyakatho emasontweni ambalwa kamuva. Ngesikhathi se- Ulysses S. Grants Vicksburg Campaign, amabutho ase-Confederate ngesikhathi se- Battle of Grand Gulf amelana nomkhumbi wakhe wokuhlasela futhi awazange avumele amabutho akhe ukuba adlule enyakatho eMfuleni iMississippi. UGrant wabe eseyisa amabutho akhe eningizimu eBruinsburg, walwa ne- Battle of Port Gibson  <response>: , futhi bahamba baya eVicksburg. 