<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-December 1862, uPotts wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-lieutenant colonel nomlawuli we-Ohio 32nd eyayidumazekile futhi iphelelwe amandla. Wahlela kabusha i-regiment, wandisa kakhulu amabutho ayo, futhi wayilungiselela umsebenzi wasensimini. Ngosuku lukaKhisimusi, waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-colonel wabe esehola i-regiment emikhankasweni eminingi ye-Army of the Tennessee eWestern Theater, kufaka phakathi i-Siege of Vicksburg kanye ne-Atlanta Campaign. EPort Gibson  <response>: Wanconywa ngesibindi sakhe ngumkhuzi webrigade uJohn D. Stevenson; futhi eRaymond, eJackson, naseChampion Hill, wathola ukubonga kukaMajor General John A. Logan. Ngesikhathi sokulwa eChampion Hill, uColonel Potts wahlasela nebutho lakhe futhi wathatha ibhethri le-Confederate elinezibhamu eziyisishiyagalombili nengxenye yebhikidi lezinyawo lase-Alabama elaliligada. 