<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kweMpi yase-Arkansas Post, uGrant waphinde wathatha isikhundla sokuphatha ibutho likaSherman, i-XV Corps ehlelwe kabusha, kanye noMcClernand, owagcina isikhundla sokuphatha i-XIII Corps. UColonel Rutherford kanye ne-97th Illinois Infantry Regiment yakhe, wayeseseqenjini likaColonel Landram, manje elingu-2nd Brigade eBrigadier General Andrew Jackson Smiths 10th Division. I-97th Illinois Infantry Regiment yathatha ingxenye eMpini yasePort Gibson  <response>: ngo - May 1, 1863. Ngemva kokuthatha ama-bluff ngaphandle kokumelana, amabutho e-Union ancipha ngokuhlaselwa kwe-Confederate. Iqiniswe yiBrigadier General John A. Logans division of Major General James B. McPhersons corps, i-Union Army division kaBrigadier General Peter Osterhaus we-McClernands corps ihlasele i-Confederate ilungelo elingenalutho futhi yenza isikhundla esiphethwe yi-Confederate Brigadier General Martin Green singenakugcinwa. Umkhuzi wamabutho ase-Confederate uMajor General uJohn Bowen wakhipha ibutho lakhe elalincane kakhulu ePort Gibson ngalobo busuku. 