...ched an army down the western bank of the river, crossed it over, and landed at Bruinsburg. If he could not take Vicksburg from the north, the east or the west, he would take it from the south. General Bowen commanded the Confederate forces at Grand Gulf, and observed the Federal movement down the river and the landing at Bruinsburg. Upon the instant he sent a dispatch to General Pemberton at Vicksbur...