<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvino pasi pekutungamirirwa kweLieutenant Elias K. Owen, Louisville yakabatsira mukutora Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, 4 kusvika 11 January 1863, uye yakaumba chikamu chebasa kuburikidza neSteeles Bayou, 14 kusvika 28 January. Yakarairwa kuenda kuRwizi Yazoo musi wa31 uye yakatamira kunomisa maConfederates achigura miti kuyambuka bayou musi wa21 Kurume. Akabva atendeukira kumabhatiri ari murwizi, achipfuura neVicksburg musi wa16 Kubvumbi, uye achirwisa mabhatiri ari pasi musi wa29. Akabatana, uye musi iwoyo, achinyaradza zvombo zveimba yacho  <response>: Grand Gulf uye kubatsira kugadzira kukomba kwakamanikidza Vicksburg kuzvipira musi wa4 Chikunguru 1863. 