<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gondo idzva rakabatana neRear Admiral David Dixon Porters Mississippi Squadron pamusoro peVicksburg nenguva yeiyo yakakurumbira dash musi wa16 Kubvumbi 1863 yakapfuura mabhatiri anouraya ayo akadzivirira nhare yakakosha 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 kupfuura mabhatiri anorema kwakabatsira mukubatwa kwekutanga kwe  <response>: Grand Gulf, kuwira kweVicksburg pachayo, uye pakupedzisira kukunda Rwizi rweMississippi rwose. 