Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Disemba 1862, a kwalitere Potts ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị agha na ọchịagha nke ndị agha nke 32 nke Ohio na-enweghị mmụọ na nke na-agwụ ike. Ọ hazigharịrị ndị agha ahụ, mee ka ha dịkwuo ọtụtụ, ma mee ka ha dịkwuo njikere ịrụ ọrụ n'ọgbọ agha. N'ụbọchị ekeresimesi, e buliri ya n'ọkwa onye ọchịagha wee duru ndị agha ahụ n'ọtụtụ mkpọsa nke ndị agha nke Tennessee na Western Theater, gụnyere Siege nke Vicksburg na Atlanta Campaign. Na
N'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Gibson, onye isi ndị agha Brig. General John D. Stevenson jara ya mma maka obi ike ya; na Raymond, Jackson, na Champion Hill, ọ natara ekele nke Maj. General John A. Logan. N'oge ọgụ ahụ na Champion Hill, Colonel Potts na ndị agha ya wakporo batrị ndị Confederate nwere egbe asatọ na ọkara nke ndị agha Alabama na-eche ya nche.