Kammala wannan jumla: Grant ya yanke shawarar saukar da sojoji a gefen Mississippi na kogin da ke ƙasa da Vicksburg a watan Afrilu. Bayan da ya kori 'yan adawa a yakin da aka yi a
Port Gibson da Raymond, sojojin Grant sun yi gaba da Jackson, Mississippi, kuma sun kama birnin daga rundunar sojojin da suka taru don tallafawa Vicksburg. Masu kare kariya na Vicksburg sun koma gabas daga birnin amma an ci su a yakin Champion Hill a ranar 16 ga watan Mayu. A ranar 18 ga watan Mayu, mutanen Grant sun isa Vicksburg. Hare-haren gaba da aka kai wa birnin a ranar 19 ga Mayu da 22 sun gaza saboda asarar da aka yi, kuma an kewaye birnin. An ci gaba da kewaye da Vicksburg har sai masu kare kariya sun mika wuya a ranar 4 ga Yuli. Bayan da Vicksburg ya mika wuya, rundunar soja ta Port Hudson, Louisiana, ta bi sahu, ta ba Union cikakken iko da Kogin Mississippi.