<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ekuqaleni, uGrant wayehlele ukuwela ibutho lakhe lisuka ohlangothini olusentshonalanga lomfula liye empumalanga eGrand Gulf, eMississippi, ngaphansi nje kweVicksburg, lapho amaVukela-mbuso ayemise khona amabhethri amabili ayewabiza ngokuthi izigodlo. Izikebhe ezinamasosha zasemadolobheni zaziphakathi kwemikhumbi eyayisetshenziselwa  <response>: ibhomu ibhethri ngo-April 29, 1863. Nakuba imikhumbi yakwazi ukuthulisa ibhethri elingezansi futhi yehlise izinga lokushisa kwebhethri elingenhla, ayikwazanga ukukhipha ibhethri elingenhla ngokuphelele. Ngakho-ke, lo msebenzi wawubhekwa njengohlulekile, futhi uGrant kwadingeka abukeze izinhlelo zakhe zokuwela umfula. 