Buuxi weedha soo socota: Guutada waxaa loo qoondeeyay Brigadier General Martin E. Green's brigade Major General John S. Bowen's Division, Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's Army of Mississippi ee Ololaha Vicksburg. Markii General Green la dilay Juun 27, 1863, Kornayl Dockery waxaa loo magacaabay inuu taliyo Guutada Labaad, Qaybta Bowen, sidaas darteedna amarka goobta ee Guutada 19aad ee Arkansas wuxuu ku wareegay Kornayl-ku-xigeen Dismukes, oo hoggaamiyay guutada dagaalladii naxdinta lahaa ee ka horreeyay go'doominta Vicksburg. Guutada 19-aad ee Arkansas waxay ku dagaalameen
Dagaalkii Port Gibson, Dagaalkii Champion's Hill, iyo Dagaalkii Big Black River Bridge, halkaas oo Lieutenant-Colonel Dismukes uu dhaawac halis ah ka soo gaaray oo inta badan guutada la qabtay. Major Horatio Gates Perry Williamson waxaa loo dalacsiiyay taliye-kornayl ka dib Dismukes dhimashadiisa, iyo haraadiga aan la qabsan ee 19aad Arkansas waxay dib ugu noqdeen Vicksburg, halkaas oo ay ku adkeysteen afartan maalmood ee go'doominta.