Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Maraykanka, Grand Gulf wuxuu ahaa goobta dagaalada badan. Sanadkii 1862, Admiral David Farragut wuxuu isku dayay in uu qaato maraakiibta Union-ka ee maraakiibta dagaalka ee Grand Gulf si ay u weeraraan Vicksburg. Waxaa dhibsaday jabhado dagaal oo ka soo duulay Grand Gulf, taas oo sababtay in General Thomas Williams uu isku dayo inuu gubo magaalada. Dadka deegaanka ayaa ku qanciyay in rasaasta aysan ka imaan shacabka magaalada waana la badbaadiyay. Si kastaba ha noqotee, magaalada waxaa gubay ciidamada Midowga dhowr toddobaad kadib. Intii lagu guda jiray Ololihii Vicksburg ee Ulysses S. Grant, ciidamada Confederate-ka intii lagu jiray
Dagaalkii Grand Gulf wuxuu iska caabiyay ciidamadiisii duulaanka ahaa mana u oggolaan ciidamadiisii inay waqooyiga ka gudbaan wabiga Mississippi. Kadib Grant wuxuu ciidamadiisii u kaxeeyay koonfurta ilaa Bruinsburg, wuxuu la dagaalamay dagaalkii Port Gibson, wuxuuna u ambabaxay Vicksburg.