Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na Disemba 1862, Potts e buliri ya n'ọkwa lieutenant colonel ma bụrụkwa onye isi nke 32nd Ohio nke nwere nkụda mmụọ na nke ike gwụrụ. 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. N'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Gibson
Brig. General John D. Stevenson toro ya maka obi ike ya; na Raymond, Jackson, na Champion Hill, ọ natara ekele nke Maj. Gen. 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.