<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi ne-Vicksburg Campaign ka-1863, wasolwa ngokuthengisela ama-Confederate izimpahla zempi eduze kwaseVicksburg kuyilapho amadoda akhe ayengondlekile kahle. Ngo-April 1863, walwa eMpini yasePort Gibson  <response>: futhi ngo-May 1863, eMpini yaseRaymond. Kamuva ngoMeyi, wabekwa ukuba abe ngumkhuzi wesiFunda saseNyakatho-mpumalanga yeLouisiana lapho amavukela-mbuso ebangela izinkinga emasimini aqashiwe lapho. Amabutho ayesebenza ngaphansi kwakhe abamba iqhaza eMpini yaseMillikens Bend ngoJuni, enye yezimpi zokuqala ukubandakanya amabutho aseMelika anemibala. 