Ka cika wannan magana: A cikin bazara da farkon lokacin rani na 1863, "Tuscumbia" ya yi aiki mai mahimmanci a lokacin ayyukan amphibious a kan Vicksburg, Mississippi. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, ta dauki Admiral David D. Porter da Janar Ulysses S. Grant da William Tecumseh Sherman a kan wani bincike na bincike a kan kogin Yazoo don sanin yadda za a iya sauko da karfi a sama da Vicksburg a Hayne's Bluff. "Tuscumbia" ya janye a karkashin mummunar wuta daga batura na bakin teku, ya sa shawarar da za ta sauya ayyukan da ke ƙarƙashin Vicksburg zuwa
Babban Gulf. "Tuscumbia" ya shiga cikin gudu ta hanyar batir Vicksburg zuwa New Carthage a daren 16 ga Afrilu da 17 ga Afrilu, 1863, yana jan jigilar jigilar "Sarauniya na Forest" zuwa aminci. Ranar 20 ga watan Afrilu, USS Janar Price da "Tuscumbia" sun binciko Mississippi daga New Carthage zuwa Grand Gulf kuma sun shiga cikin harin da aka yi a kan Confederate a Grand Gulf a ranar 29 ga Afrilu. A lokacin harin, "Tuscumbia" ya sha wahala biyar da aka kashe kuma an kashe shi bayan ya dauki 81 hits.