Qoraal sii wadida faqradan - Gu'gii iyo xagaagii hore ee 1863, "Tuscumbia" waxay qabatay adeeg qiimo leh intii lagu jiray howlgallada amfibi ee ka dhanka ah Vicksburg, Mississippi. 1-dii Abriil, waxay qaadday Admiral David D. Porter iyo Janaraal Ulysses S. Grant iyo William Tecumseh Sherman oo ku jiray duulimaad indha indheyn ah oo ku socda Wabiga Yazoo si loo go'aamiyo wax ku oolnimada ciidan ka soo degaya Vicksburg ee Hayne's Bluff. "Tuscumbia" waxay hoos tagtay rasaas culus oo ka timid baytariyada xeebta, taasoo keentay go'aanka ah in howlgalada hoos loo dhigo Vicksburg ilaa Grand Gulf
Waxaad "Tuscumbia" waxay ka qeyb qaadatay orodkii ay ka soo gudubtay baytariyada Vicksburg ee New Carthage habeenkii 16-kii Abriil iyo 17-kii Abriil 1863, iyadoo ku jiiday gaadiidkii waxyeeladu soo gaadhay ee "Forest Queen" si nabad ah. 20-kii Abriil, USS General Price iyo "Tuscumbia" waxay kormeer ku sameeyeen Mississippi laga soo bilaabo New Carthage ilaa Grand Gulf waxayna ka qeyb qaateen weerarkii lagu qaaday shaqooyinka Confederate ee Grand Gulf 29-kii Abriil. Intii lagu guda jiray weerarka, "Tuscumbia" waxay la kulantay shan khasaare waxaana laga saaray howlgalka ka dib markii ay qaadatay 81 hits.