Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Grant kpebiri ibutu ndị agha n'akụkụ Mississippi nke osimiri dị n'okpuru Vicksburg n'April. Mgbe ha merisịrị ndị agha Confederate na-emegide ha n'agha nke
Port Gibson na Raymond, ndị agha Grant gara megide Jackson, Mississippi, wee weghara obodo ahụ site n'aka ndị agha Confederate gbakọtara iji kwado Vicksburg. Ndị na-agbachitere Confederate nke Vicksburg kwagara n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ site n'obodo ahụ mana e meriri ha na Agha nke Champion Hill na Mee 16. Ka ọ na-erule May 18, ndị Grant eruola Vicksburg. Mwakpo ihu n'ihu megide obodo ahụ na Mee 19 na 22 dara n'ihi nnukwu mfu, ma tinye obodo ahụ n'okpuru nnọchibido. Mkpọchi nke Vicksburg gara n'ihu ruo mgbe ndị na-agbachitere Confederate nyefere onwe ha na July 4. Mgbe Vicksburg chịsịrị aka elu, ndị agha Confederate nọ na Port Hudson, Louisiana, sochiri, na-enye ndị Union ikike zuru oke nke Osimiri Mississippi.