<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna December 1862, Potts akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel uye mutungamiri weOhio 32nd yakanga yapera simba uye yakanga yaneta zvikuru. Akarongazve chikwata chacho, akachiwedzera zvikuru, uye akachigadzirira basa romumunda. Pazuva reKisimusi, akakwidziridzwa kuita colonel uye akabva atungamira chikwata ichi mumishandirapamwe yakawanda yeArmy yeTennessee muWestern Theater, kusanganisira Siege yeVicksburg neAtlanta Campaign. Panguva  <response>: PaPort Gibson akarumbidzwa nokuda kwoushingi hwake nomutungamiriri webrigade 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. 