<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurongwa, hurumende itsva yakapiwa kuFirst Missouri Brigade. First Missouri Brigade, yaitungamirirwa naColonel Francis M. Cockrell, yakaendeswa kunharaunda yeGrand Gulf, Mississippi mukutanga kwaMarch 1863. Pavaiva paGrand Gulf, boka racho rakavaka masvingo. 1st ne4th Missouri Consolidated, pamwe chete ne2nd Missouri Infantry, 3rd Missouri Infantry, uye Henry Guibors artillery battery, vakayambuka Rwizi rweMississippi kuenda kuLouisiana kunoona mafambiro eUnion. Musi waApril 15, vaMissouri vakarayirwa kudzokera kuGrand Gulf, uye hurumende yakabatanidzwa mumoto wezvombo zvehondo neUnited Navy muHondo yeGrand Gulf. Mushure mokunge Major General Ulysses S. Grant asvika muMississippi kuti aende kundorwisa Vicksburg, Bowen akatuma varume vake vakawanda kubva kuGrand Gulf kuenda kuPort Gibson, Mississippi kuti vaedze kumisa Grant. Zvisinei, 1st ne4th Missouri Consolidated vakanga vari pabasa rakasununguka vachidzivirira bhiriji, uye vakapotsa Hondo yePort Gibson yakatevera.  <response>: musi waMay 1. 