<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-regiment yathatha inkundla ngoNovemba 20, 1862, ivikela izinqaba eziseMfuleni iMississippi eColumbus isonto lonke ngaphambi kokujoyina ibutho lika-Ulysses S. Grant eLagrange, futhi linamathiselwe kwi-XIII Corps. Bachitha ubusika begada imigqa yezitolo nezitimela ezizungeze iJackson neHumboldt. Ukuhlala ngemuva ngenkathi ibutho eliyinhloko liqhubekela phansi eMfuleni iMississippi futhi libhekene noJackson, i-regiment ekugcineni yajoyina ekuvinjezelweni kweVicksburg ngoMeyi 28, 1863. Babekhona lapho amaConfederate enikezela ngoJulayi 4 futhi babelwa umsebenzi eHelena. Kusukela ngo-August 1 kuya ekuqaleni kuka-September 1863 bajoyina uJenene Frederick Steele nohambo lwakhe lokuhlasela iLittle Rock. Lapho babona isenzo eMpini yaseBayou Fourche  <response>: lapho amabutho ase-Confederate ngaphansi kukaGeneral Sterling Price anqotshwa khona futhi amabutho e-Union enza ukulawula ingxenye enkulu ye-Arkansas. 