Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin hunturu da kuma bazara na 1863, "Linden" ya ci gaba da tallafawa ayyukan da ke kan kogin kogin da ke kan Vicksburg. Ta kasance a sama da sansanin soja lokacin da Admiral David Dixon Porter da dakarunsa suka shiga karkashin bindigogi na Vickburg don tallafawa yakin Grant daga kasa. A ranar 29 ga Afrilu tare da wasu jiragen ruwa guda bakwai na Navy, jiragen ruwa uku da manyan jiragen ruwa guda goma, "Linden" ya fara kai hare-haren da aka yi a kan batutuwa na Confederate a Haynes Bluff a kan kogin Yazoo a sama da Vicksburg. An tsara wannan motsi ne don hana karfafawa daga kudancin Grand Gulf
inda Grant yake shirin saukar da sojojinsa bayan ya tsallaka kogin Mississippi.