<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwa1863, hurumende yakaendeswa kuRwizi Rutsvuku Rukuru, uko yakachengetedza zambuko. Muna March, chikwata ichi chakaenda kuGrand Gulf, Mississippi, uko varume vakavaka masvingo, vachisimbisa kudzivirirwa kweVicksburg, Mississippi. Musi waApril 5, 3rd Missouri Infantry, sechikamu chesimba rakakura, yakaendeswa mhiri kweRwizi rweMississippi kuenda kuLouisiana, kwavakadzika musasa pedyo neBayou Vidal muTensas Parish. Musi waApril 8, boka racho rakarwa muhondo duku paJames Plantation pedyo. Kuedza kwakaitwa neuto rekuongorora kurova kukuru mauto eUnion akanga achigara munzvimbo iyi musi waApril 15 kwakakundikana apo kushamisika kwekurwiswa kwakarongwa kwakarasika. Musi waApril 17, kusvika kwezvikepe zveUnion Navy kwakamanikidza maConfederates kudzokera kuMississippi. Chiremera ipapo chakadzokera kuzvidziviriro paGrand Gulf. Muhondo yeGrand Gulf  <response>: Musi waApril 29, 3rd Missouri Infantry yakadzivirira mutsara wemakomba epfuti ayo aiwedzera pakati pemasvingo maviri makuru eConfederate. Nzvimbo yechikwata chakabvumira varume kuti vapfure mukati memahwindo eUnion Navy ngarava dzinopfura nzvimbo yeConfederate. Murwi wacho wakarasikirwa nomurume mumwe akaurawa uye vatatu vakakuvadzwa muhondo. Kukunda kweConfederate kwakatadzisa Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant kubva pakuburitsa simba panguva iyoyo, kunyangwe Grant akakwanisa kuburitsa simba rakasimba kumaodzanyemba kwenzvimbo. Brigadier General John S. Bowen, mutungamiri weConfederate kuGrand Gulf, akapindura kuUnion landing nekutumira simba kuPort Gibson, Mississippi kunopinda Grant. 