<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ekuqaleni kuka - 1863, leli butho lathuthelwa eMfuleni Omkhulu Omnyama, lapho laliqaphe khona ibhuloho. NgoMashi, leli qembu lathuthela eGrand Gulf, eMississippi, lapho amadoda akha khona izinqaba, eqinisa ukuzivikela kweVicksburg, eMississippi. Ngo-Ephreli 5, i-3rd Missouri Infantry, njengengxenye yebutho elikhulu, yathuthelwa ngaphesheya koMfula iMississippi eLouisiana, lapho bamisa khona eduze neBayou Vidal eTensas Parish. Ngo-Ephreli 8, iyunithi yalwa empini encane e-James Plantation eseduze. Umzamo webutho lokuhlola wokushaya ngamandla amabutho e-Union ayehlala kuleyo ndawo ngo-Ephreli 15 wehluleka lapho into eyisimanga yokuhlaselwa okuhleliwe ilahleka. Ngo - April 17, ukufika kwemikhumbi ye - Union Navy kwaphoqa ama - Confederate ukuba abuyele eMississippi. I-regiment yabe isijoyina izivikelo zaseGrand Gulf. Ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi yaseGrand Gulf ngo-Ephreli 29, i-3rd Missouri Infantry yavikela umugqa wemigodi yempi eyadlulela phakathi kwezingange ezimbili eziyinhloko ze-Confederate. Isikhundla saleli qembu savumela amadoda ukuba adubule emafasiteleni emikhumbi ye-Union Navy eyayidubula isikhundla se-Confederate. Ibutho lalahlekelwa yindoda eyodwa eyafa futhi kwalimala ezintathu empini. Ukunqoba kwe-Confederate kwavimbela uMajor General wase-Union u-Ulysses S. Grant ukuthi athumele ibutho kulelo phuzu, yize uGrant ekwazile ukuletha ibutho elinamandla eningizimu yesikhundla. UBrigadier General uJohn S. Bowen, umlawuli we-Confederate eGrand Gulf, waphendula ngokufika kwe-Union ngokuthumela ibutho ePort Gibson, eMississippi ukuze livimbe uGrant. 