<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokugara muMissouri mukuwa uye munguva yechando, 18th Indiana yakabatanidzwa kuuto raGrant raiedza kuyambuka rwizi rweMississippi ndokutora Vicksburg. Rechi18 Indiana rakarwa pa  <response>: Port Gibson naChampion Hill uye vakatora chikamu mukukombwa kwemabasa akapoteredza Vicksburg, kwaakatungamira bhiriji rakakurudzirwa nokuda kwezviito zvakakosha panguva yekutanga kurwisa nhare yevavengi muna May 1863. Mushure mekubudirira kwekuguma kweVicksburg, brigade yaWashburn yakaramba iine XIII Army Corps yakabatanidzwa mumabasa kumusoro kweRwizi rweTeche, uye kubudirira kutora ma Rebel fort. MunaJanuary 1864, 18th Indiana yakatumirwa kuVirginia uko yakabatanidzwa mune dzimwe nharo dzakaoma. Muna Nyamavhuvhu 1864, 18th Indiana yakabatanidzwa ne4th Brigade, 2nd Division Grover yeEmorys XIX Army Corps. 