<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UMajor General Ulysses S. Grant we-Union Army waletha amadoda angu-24 000 eBruinsburg, eMississippi, ngo-April 30, 1863, njengengxenye yomkhankaso waseVicksburg, umsebenzi owawuhloselwe ukuthatha idolobha elibalulekile laseMississippi River iVicksburg, eMississippi. NgoMeyi 1, amadoda kaGrant ayeseqhubekele empumalanga emfuleni, anqoba amaConfederate eMfuleni i-  <response>: Impi YasePort Gibson. Ngemva kokufika ePort Gibson, uGrant wayengakhetha ukuhlasela iVicksburg eseningizimu, noma ukuqhubekela phambili empumalanga bese ephenduka aye entshonalanga ngokumelene nedolobha. Wanquma ukwenza lokhu kokugcina, njengoba kwakunikeza amathuba amakhulu okuthatha ibutho le-Confederate elivikela iVicksburg, ngaphezu kwedolobha uqobo. 