<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muchirimo uye kutanga kwezhizha ra1863, Tuscumbia yakaita basa rinokosha mukati memabasa amphibious pamusoro peVicksburg, Mississippi. Musi waApril 1, yakatakura Admiral David D. Porter uye maGeneral Ulysses S. Grant naWilliam Tecumseh Sherman parwendo rwekuongorora rwizi Yazoo kuti vaone kushanda kwekumhara simba pamusoro peVicksburg paHaynes Bluff. Tuscumbia yakadzokera shure pasi pemoto wakasimba kubva kumabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa, zvichikurudzira danho rekuchinja mashandiro pazasi peVicksburg kuenda  <response>: Gungwa Guru. Tuscumbia yakatora rutivi mukumhanya yakapfuura mabhatiri eVicksburg kuenda kuNew Carthage pausiku hwaApril 16 naApril 17, 1863, ichidhonza kutakura kwakakuvadzwa Mambokadzi Wemasango kuenda kwakachengeteka. Musi waApril 20, USS General Price na Tuscumbia vakaongorora Mississippi kubva kuNew Carthage kuenda kuGrand Gulf ndokutora chikamu pakurwiswa kweConfederate kunoshanda kuGrand Gulf musi waApril 29. Mukati mokurwiswa, Tuscumbia yakarasikirwa navashanu uye yakaiswa kunze kwebasa pashure pokutora 81 hits. 