Bilowgii 1863, guutada waxaa loo wareejiyay webiga weyn ee Black River, halkaas oo ay ka ilaalinayeen buundo. Bishii Maarso, guutada waxay u dhaqaaqeen Grand Gulf, Mississippi, halkaas oo ragga ay ka dhisteen qalcado, iyagoo xoojinaya difaaca Vicksburg, Mississippi. Bishii Abriil 5, Ciidanka 3aad ee Missouri, oo qayb ka ah ciidan ka weyn, ayaa loo wareejiyay webiga Mississippi ee Louisiana, halkaas oo ay ka degeen meel u dhow Bayou Vidal oo ku taal Tensas Parish. Bishii Abriil 8, cutubku wuxuu ku dagaalamay ficil yar oo ka dhacay James' Plantation oo u dhow. Isku daygii ciidanka duqeymaha ee ay ku doonayeen inay weerar culus ku qaadaan ciidamada Midowga ee qabsaday aagga 15-kii Abriil ayaa fashilmay markii la waayey saamaynta lama filaanka ah ee weerarka la qorsheeyay. Bishii Abriil 17, imaatinka maraakiibta Midowga waxay ku qasbeen isbaheysiga inay ku laabtaan Mississippi. Ciidanka ayaa markaa dib ugu biiray difaaca Grand Gulf. Dagaalkii Grand Gulf
Bishii Abriil 29-keedii, ciidanka 3aad ee Missouri waxay difaaceen safka godadka qoryaha ee u dhexeeya labada dhismo ee ugu waaweyn ee Confederate. Goobta ay ku sugnaayeen ciidanka ayaa u sahlay ragga inay ku toogtaan albaabada maraakiibta Union Navy ee duqeynaya booska Confederate. Guutada ayaa hal nin ku dishay saddex kalena ku dhaawacantay dagaalka. Guushii Confederate-ka ayaa ka hortagay in Major General Ulysses S. Grant uu ciidan ka soo dejiyo goobtaas, inkasta oo Grant uu awood u yeeshay inuu ciidan xoog leh ka soo dejiyo koonfurta goobta. Gaashaanle sare John S. Bowen, oo ah taliyaha Confederate-ka ee Grand Gulf, ayaa ka jawaabey soo degitaanka Midowga isaga oo u diray ciidan Port Gibson, Mississippi si ay u qabtaan Grant.