Sii qor faqradan - Grant wuxuu go'aansaday in uu ciidamada ka dejiyo dhinaca wabiga Mississippi ee hoos yimaada Vicksburg bisha Abriil. Kadib markii uu garaacay ciidamada gumaysiga ee ka soo horjeeday dagaaladii Port Gibson
Raymond, ciidamada Grant waxay u dhaqaaqeen Jackson, Mississippi, waxayna qabsadeen magaaladaasi ciidamada Confederate-ka ee ku biirey Vicksburg. Ciidanka Confederate ee difaaca Vicksburg waxay u dhaqaaqeen dhanka bari ee magaalada laakiin waxaa looga adkaaday dagaalkii Champion Hill bishii May 16. 18kii Maajo, raggii Grant waxay gaareen Vicksburg. Weerarradii hore ee ka dhanka ahaa magaalada 19-kii iyo 22-kii Maajo ayaa fashilmay, khasaare badan ayaa soo gaaray, magaalada ayaa la hareereeyay. Go'doominta Vicksburg ayaa sii socotay ilaa ay difaacayaashii Confederate ay is dhiibeen 4-tii Luulyo. Kadib markii uu Vicksburg is dhiibay, ciidankii Confederate ee Port Hudson, Louisiana, ayaa raacay, iyagoo siiyay Midowga gacan buuxda oo ku saabsan Wabiga Mississippi.