<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Kuwo wonke ubusika nentwasahlobo ka - 1863, i - Linden yaqhubeka isekela imisebenzi ngokumelene 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. Le nhlangano yayiklanyelwe ukuvimbela ukuqiniswa kwaseningizimu kweGrand Gulf  <response>: lapho uGrant ayesezokwehlisa khona amabutho akhe ngemva kokuwela uMfula iMississippi. 