Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Grant ya yanke shawarar saukar da sojoji a gefen kogin Mississippi a ƙarƙashin Vicksburg a watan Afrilu. Bayan da ya kori 'yan adawa a yakin Port Gibson
Kuma Raymond, sojojin Grant sun matsa kan Jackson, Mississippi, kuma sun kama garin 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.