<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IPittsburgh yaqhubeka isebenza ochungechungeni olude lwemisebenzi eyahlwitha ukulawula uMississippi ophansi ku-Confederation. Umkhumbi wakhe, ngaphambili owawungaphansi kokulawulwa kweMpi, waba ngaphansi komyalo wasolwandle ngo-Okthoba 1, 1862. ULieutenant Commander William R. Hoel USN wathatha umyalo wePittsburgh ngalesi sikhathi. Okugqame kakhulu enkonzweni yakhe kwakuyimisebenzi yokulwa nePlum Point Bend, iFort Pillow neMemphis ngo-Ephreli, Meyi nangoJuni 1862; i-Steeles Bayou Expedition kaMashi 1863; kanye nokudlula kwamabhethri aseVicksburg ngo-Ephreli 16, 1863. Wahola ukuhlaselwa kwamabhethri eGrand Gulf  <response>: ngo-Ephreli 29 futhi yalimala kakhulu ngesikhathi sokubambana kwamahora amahlanu nesigamu. Omunye wabasebenza emkhunjini i-Pittsburgh, uBoatswains Mate uJohn Woon, wanikezwa iMedali Yodumo ngenxa yokuhlanganyela kwakhe empini. Isenzo eGrand Gulf saqinisekisa ukulawula kwe-Union ingxenye ebalulekile yomfula, okwenza ukuba uGrant awele umfula futhi ahlasele iVicksburg ngemuva. Inqaba eqinile yomfula yase-Confederate yanikezela ngo-July 4, yavumela uMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln ukuba ekugcineni abike, UBaba Wamanzi ugelezela olwandle. 