<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-December 1862, uPotts wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-lieutenant colonel futhi waba umkhuzi 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. Isikhathi  <response>: EPort Gibson wanconywa ngomsebenzi wakhe wesibindi ngukhomanda webrigade uBrigade General John 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. 