Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Manjo Janar Ulysses S. Grant na Sojojin Tarayyar ya sauko da mutane 24,000 a Bruinsburg, Mississippi, a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1863, a matsayin wani ɓangare na yakin Vicksburg, wani aiki da aka yi niyyar kama babban birnin Mississippi River na Vicksburg, Mississippi. Ranar 1 ga watan Mayu, mutanensa sun kori gabas daga kogin, mutanen Grant sun ci nasara da 'yan majalisa a yakin Port Gibson
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan Port Gibson, Grant zai iya zaɓar ko dai ya kai hari ga Vicksburg daga kudu, ko kuma ya ci gaba da tafiya zuwa gabas sannan ya juya ya koma yammacin birnin. Ya yanke shawarar a karshen, kamar yadda ya ba da damar samun damar kama sojojin sojojin da ke kare Vicksburg, ban da birnin kanta.