Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Sabon rago ya shiga rundunar Mississippi Squadron ta Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter sama da Vicksburg a lokacin shahararren dash a ranar 16 ga Afrilu 1863 ta hanyar batir mai mutuwa wanda ya kare babban sansanin soja na Confederate. Jirgin ruwa na gunboats sun shiga cikin bindigogi na kudancin yayin da suke kiwon garuruwan sojojin ta hanyar gauntlet zuwa New Carthage. Ram "Janar Sterling Price" an ɗaure shi a gefen dama na "Lafayette" don wucewa. An rufe jiragen ruwa da manyan katako da ƙwarya na ɗanyen ciyawa, wanda hakan ya zama kāriya mai kyau. Kowace jirgi, sai dai, kuma ya jawo jirgin kwal. "Lafayette", wanda aka hana shi ta hanyar jirgin da aka rataye a gefensa, ya sami "tasiri" tara "tasiri" ta hanyar casemate kuma ya sa jirgin ruwan kwal ya nutse. Ko da yake a karkashin wuta na tsawon sa'o'i biyu da rabi, duk jiragen ruwa na rundunar sun kasance a shirye don aiki a cikin rabin sa'a bayan wucewa. Nasarar da tawagar ta samu ta wuce batir mai nauyi ya ba da gudummawa ga kama Grand Gulf.
, a ƙarshe faɗuwar Vicksburg kanta, kuma a ƙarshe mamayar dukan kogin Mississippi.