<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Gwai idzva rakabatana neRear Admiral David Dixon Porters Mississippi Squadron pamusoro peVicksburg nenguva yechiitiko chakakurumbira musi wa16 April 1863 kupfuura mabhatiri anouraya ayo aidzivirira nhare inokosha yeConfederate. Zvikepe zvehondo zvakarwisa zvombo zvechamhembe sezvazvaifudza zvikepe zvehondo kuburikidza neGantelet kuenda kuNew Carthage. Ram General Sterling Price akasungwa kurutivi rworudyi rweLafayette nokuda kwokupfuura. Ngarava dzacho dzaifukidzwa nematanda anorema nemagwatidziro ehuswa hunyoro, izvo zvaiita kuti dzizvidzivirire zvakanaka. Chikepe chimwe nechimwe, kunze kwe, chaidhonzawo chikepe chemarasha. Lafayette, akaremedzwa nengarava yakasungirirwa kurutivi rwake, akagamuchira mapfuti mapfumbamwe anoshanda kupfurikidza necasemate yake uye akaita kuti ngarava yake yemarasha inyure. Kunyange zvazvo vakanga vari pasi pemoto kwemaawa maviri nehafu, ngarava dzose dzechikwata chacho dzakanga dzagadzirira kushanda mukati mehafu yeawa pashure pokupfuura. Kubudirira kwechikwata chemapurisa kupfuura mabhatiri anorema kwakabatsira mukubatwa kwekutanga kweGrand Gulf  <response>: , kuwa kwokupedzisira kweVicksburg imene, uye pakupedzisira kukunda Rwizi rweMississippi rwose. 