Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yanzu a karkashin umurnin Lieutenant Elias K. Owen, "Louisville" ya taimaka wajen kama Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, 4 zuwa 11 Janairu 1863, kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na balaguro ta hanyar Steele's Bayou, 14 zuwa 28 Janairu. An umurce shi zuwa Kogin Yazoo a ranar 31 ga watan Maris kuma ya motsa don dakatar da 'yan takarar da ke yanke bishiyoyi a fadin bayou a ranar 21 ga watan Maris. Daga nan sai ta mayar da hankalinta ga batir a kan kogi, ta wuce wadanda ke Vicksburg a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, kuma ta shiga cikin wadanda ke ƙasa a ranar 29. Ta shiga, kuma a wannan kwanan wata, silencing da bindigogi na Fort a Grand Gulf
da kuma taimakawa wajen kafa siege wanda ya tilasta Vicksburg ya mika wuya 4 Yuli 1863.