Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon 1863, an canja baturin zuwa yankin Vicksburg, Mississippi, inda ya mamaye wani sansanin soja da aka sani da Fort Wade. Duk da yake a Fort Wade, baturi ya kaddamar da jiragen ruwa na Union Navy. An maye gurbin bindigogi na farko na baturi da bindigogi na Parrott mai nauyin fam 10; daya daga cikin wadannan makamai ya fashe a ranar 31 ga Maris, wanda ya haifar da asarar rayuka 10 a cikin baturi. Batirin Guibor ya kuma kasance a cikin Fort Wade. A Yaƙin Grand Gulf
A ranar 29 ga Afrilu, bakwai na jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa na Union Navy sun kai hari kan Fort Wade da Fort Coburn da ke kusa. An dakatar da bindigogi na Fort Wade, amma Fort Coburn ya ci gaba da harbi. A karshen yakin, an kashe Wade. Baturi ya sha wahala bakwai raunin da ya faru a yakin. Bayan Grand Gulf, an sanya baturi a kan sabis na wucin gadi, kuma ya rasa yakin Port Gibson a ranar 1 ga Mayu. An haɗa Batirin Wade da brigade na Francis Cockrell a cikin sashin John S. Bowen.