<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-ram entsha yajoyina i-Rear Admiral David Dixon Porters Mississippi Squadron ngaphezu kweVicksburg ngesikhathi sokudlula okudumile ngo-16 Ephreli 1863 kudlula amabhethri abulalayo ayevikela inqaba ebalulekile ye-Confederate. Izikebhe zempi zahlasela izibhamu zaseningizimu njengoba zazihola izithuthi zempi zidlula e-Gauntlet ziye eNew Carthage. I-Ram General Sterling Price yayiboshelwe ohlangothini olungakwesokudla lwe-Lafayette ukuze idlule. Le mikhumbi yayimbozwe ngezingodo ezisindayo namabhakede okusanhlamvu okumanzi, okwakubonakala kuyisivikelo esihle kakhulu. Yonke imikhumbi, ngaphandle kwe -, nayo yayidonsa umkhumbi wamalahle. I-Lafayette, eyayiphazanyiswa umkhumbi owawuboshelwe ohlangothini lwayo, yadutshulwa ngempumelelo izikhathi ezingu - 9 emgodini wayo futhi yabangela ukuba umkhumbi wayo wamalahle ucwile. Nakuba babebhekene nomlilo amahora amabili nesigamu, yonke imikhumbi yebutho yayikulungele ukusebenza kungakapheli ihora ngemva kokudlula. Ukuhamba ngempumelelo kwesikhala esidlula amabhethri asindayo kwafaka isandla ekubanjweni kweGrand Gulf  <response>: , ukuwa kokugcina kweVicksburg uqobo, futhi ekugcineni ukunqotshwa kwawo wonke uMfula iMississippi. 