<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UGrant wanquma ukuthumela amabutho ohlangothini lomfula iMississippi ngaphansi kweVicksburg ngo-April. Ngemva kokunqoba amabutho aseMpumalanga empini yasePort Gibson  <response>: futhi uRaymond, amasosha kaGrant ahlasela iJackson, eMississippi, futhi athatha idolobha ebuthweni le-Confederate elalihlangene ukuze lisekele iVicksburg. Abavikeli be-Confederate baseVicksburg babethuthele empumalanga yedolobha kodwa banqotshwa eMpini yaseChampion Hill ngoMeyi 16. Ngo-May 18, amadoda kaGrant ayesefinyelele eVicksburg. Ukuhlaselwa okuqondile kwedolobha ngoMeyi 19 no-22 kwahluleka ngenxa yokulahlekelwa okukhulu, futhi idolobha lavinjezelwa. Ukuvinjezelwa kweVicksburg kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba yilapho abavikeli be-Confederate bezinikela ngoJulayi 4. Ngemva kokunqotshwa kweVicksburg, ibutho le-Confederate lasePort Hudson, eLouisiana, lalandela, lanikeza i-Union ukulawula ngokuphelele uMfula iMississippi. 