<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ekuqaleni kuka - 1863, ibhethri ladluliselwa endaweni yaseVicksburg, eMississippi, lapho lahlala khona endaweni yokuvikela eyaziwa ngokuthi iFort Wade. Ngesikhathi baseFort Wade, ibhethri ladubula imikhumbi eyayidlula ye-Union Navy. Izibhamu zakuqala zebhethri zazithathelwe indawo yizibhamu zeParrott ezinamakhilogremu ayishumi; esinye salezi zikhali saqhuma ngoMashi 31, sabangela ukulimala kwabantu abayishumi ebhethri. I-Battery kaGuibor nayo yayihlala eFort Wade. Ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi yaseGrand Gulf ngo-Ephreli 29, imikhumbi yempi eyisikhombisa ye-Union Navy yashaya iFort Wade neFort Coburn eseduze. Izibhamu zaseFort Wade zavalwa umlomo, kodwa iFort Coburn yaqhubeka nokudubula. Ngasekupheleni kwempi, uWade wabulawa. I-battery yalahlekelwa abantu abayisikhombisa empini. Ngemuva kweGrand Gulf, ibhethri labekwa okwesikhashana emsebenzini ohlukanisiwe, futhi laphuthelwa iMpi yasePort Gibson ngoMeyi 1. I-Wades Battery yayihambisana nebutho likaFrancis Cockrell eqenjini likaJohn S. Bowen. 