 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1862, Potts akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel uye mutungamiri weOhio 32nd yakaderedzwa uye yakaderedzwa zvikuru. Akarongazve chikwata chacho, akachiwedzera zvikuru, uye akachigadzirira basa romumunda. Pazuva reKisimusi, akakwidziridzwa kuva colonel uye akabva atungamira chikwata ichi mumishandirapamwe yakawanda yeHondo yeTennessee muWestern Theater, kusanganisira Siege yeVicksburguye Hondo yeAtlanta. PaPort Gibson akarumbidzwa nokuda kwoushingi hwake nomutungamiriri weboka Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson; uye paRaymond, Jackson, uye Champion Hill, akagamuchira kuonga kwaMaj. Gen. John A. Logan. Mukati mokurwisana paChampion Hill, Colonel Potts akarwisa nehurumende yake ndokutora bhatiri reConfederate rine pfuti sere nehafu yeboka revarwi veAlabama iro rakanga richiri kuchengeta. 