Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge opupu ihe ubi na mmalite oge okpomọkụ nke 1863, "Tuscumbia" rụrụ ọrụ bara uru n'oge ọrụ amphibious megide Vicksburg, Mississippi. N'abalị mbụ nke ọnwa Eprel, o butere Admiral David D. Porter na ndị ọchịagha Ulysses S. Grant na William Tecumseh Sherman na njem nlegharị anya n'osimiri Yazoo iji chọpụta ma ọ ga-ekwe omume ibutu ndị agha n'elu Vicksburg na Hayne's Bluff. "Tuscumbia" laghachiri n'okpuru ọkụ siri ike site na batrị ndị dị n'ikpere mmiri, na-akpali mkpebi ịgbanwe ọrụ n'okpuru Vicksburg na
Nnukwu Ọwara Mmiri. "Tuscumbia" sonyere n'ịgbafe batrị Vicksburg gaa New Carthage n'abalị nke 16 Eprel na 17 Eprel 1863, na-adọkpụ ụgbọ njem "Queen Queen" mebiri emebi. Na Eprel 20, USS General Price na "Tuscumbia" nyochara Mississippi site na New Carthage ruo Grand Gulf ma sonye na mwakpo nke Confederate na-arụ na Grand Gulf na Eprel 29. N'oge mwakpo ahụ, "Tuscumbia" tara ahụhụ mmadụ ise ma bụrụ ndị a chụpụrụ n'ọrụ mgbe ọ nwetasịrị 81 hits.