Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Disamba na 1862, Potts ya ci gaba da zama mataimakin kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan Ohio na 32 da aka raunana. Ya sake tsara rundunar, ya kara da yawa a cikin sahunta, kuma ya sake gyara shi don aikin filin. A ranar Kirsimeti, an daukaka shi zuwa ga Colonel sannan ya jagoranci rundunar a cikin yakin da yawa na Sojojin Tennessee a Yankin Yammacin Yamma, ciki har da Siege na Vicksburg da Atlanta Campaign. A tashar jiragen ruwa na Gibson
Ya sami yabo ga jaruntaka daga kwamandan brigade Brig. Janar John D. Stevenson; kuma a Raymond, Jackson, da kuma Champion Hill, ya karbi godiya daga Janar Janar John A. Logan. A lokacin yakin da aka yi a Champion Hill, Colonel Potts ya zargi tare da rundunarsa kuma ya kama wani baturi mai bindigogi takwas da rabi na brigade na Alabama wanda ke tsare shi.