<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni, uGrant wayehlele ukuwela ibutho lakhe lisuka ohlangothini olusentshonalanga lomfula liye empumalanga eGrand Gulf, eMississippi, ngaphansi nje kweVicksburg, lapho amaVukela-mbuso ayemise khona amabhethri amabili awabiza ngokuthi izinqaba. Phakathi kwezikebhe ezazisetshenziselwa ukuqhumisa amabhomu kwakunezikebhe ezinamasosha zasemadolobheni  <response>: ngo-April 29, 1863. Nakuba imikhumbi yakwazi ukuthulisa ibhethri elingezansi futhi yehlise izinga lokushisa kwebhethri elingenhla, ayikwazanga ukukhipha ibhethri elingenhla ngokuphelele. Ngakho-ke, lo msebenzi wawubhekwa njengohlulekile, futhi uGrant kwadingeka abukeze izinhlelo zakhe zokuwela umfula. 