Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 27 ga Janairu, 1863, an canja baturi zuwa Grand Gulf, Mississippi, tare da shiga cikin tsaro a kan Big Black River. Duk da yake an ajiye shi a Grand Gulf, baturi ya shiga cikin ƙananan ƙananan abubuwa da yawa tare da bindigogi na Union, ko da yake wasu daga cikin 'yan bindigogi sun ruwaito rashin jin daɗi. A tsakiyar watan Maris, baturi ya kare wani wuri da aka sani da Winkler's Bluff a kan Big Black River, tare da umarni don ba da izinin jiragen ruwa su wuce wurin. A ranar 29 ga Afrilu, jiragen ruwa na Union Navy da Admiral David Dixon Porter ya ba da umurni sun kai hari kan matsayin Confederate a Grand Gulf, wanda ya haifar da rikici a cikin
Yaƙin Grand Gulf, kodayake Batirin Landis ba ya cikin layin gaba na Confederate. Ɗaya daga cikin sansanin ya tsaya, don haka Grant ya sauko da mutane 24,000 a Bruinsburg. Wadannan mutane sun koma gabas daga kogin, suna jagorantar Brigadier Janar John S. Bowen, kwamandan kwamandan a Grand Gulf, don aika da rundunar da ke da karfi zuwa Port Gibson a kokarin dakatar da Grant. A cikin safiya na Mayu 1, Landis Battery biyu howitzers da ma'aikatan su aka aika su shiga cikin karfi. A lokacin yakin Port Gibson, baturin ya harbe mazajen Janar Janar John McClernand na kungiyar tarayyar Turai kuma ya shiga cikin yakin basasa tare da 8th Michigan Light Artillery; wannan rukunin ya yi asarar rayuka uku a lokacin yakin kuma bai rabu ba har sai da yamma. A wani lokaci a cikin yakin, an kuma yi amfani da baturi a kan bindigogi na Union, kafin su watsar da masu kai hare-haren su tare da canister. Duk da yake riƙe da farko, matsa lamba na Union daga bisani ya tura a hannun dama na Bowen, ya sa 'yan Confederates su koma baya kafin Grant ya wuce su. Bayan Port Gibson, an tilasta wa 'yan majalisa su watsar da matsayinsu a Grand Gulf a ranar 3 ga watan Mayu; Batirin Landis ya sake zama wani ɓangare na mai tsaro.