<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Kuwo wonke ubusika nentwasahlobo ka-1863, i-Linden yaqhubeka isekela imisebenzi yokulwa ne-Confederate river stronghold eVicksburg. Wahlala ngenhla kwenqaba lapho u-Admiral David Dixon Porter nezikebhe zakhe zempi bephuthuma ngaphansi kwezibhamu zikaVickburg ukusekela umkhankaso kaGrant kusuka phansi. Ngo-Ephreli 29 nezinye izikebhe eziyisikhombisa ze-Union Navy, izikebhe ezintathu ze-mortar kanye nezithuthi ezinkulu ze-Army eziyi-10, i- Linden yaqala ukuhlasela okuzenzakalelayo kumabhethri ase-Confederate eHaynes Bluff eMfuleni i-Yazoo ngenhla kweVicksburg. Lo mkhankaso wawuhloselwe ukuvimbela ukuqiniswa kweNingizimu  <response>: IGrand Gulf lapho uGrant ayesezokwehlisa khona amabutho akhe ngemva kokuwela uMfula iMississippi. 