Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin 1863 na Vicksburg, an zarge shi da sayar da kayan aikin soja ga 'yan majalisa a kusa da Vicksburg yayin da' yan uwansa ba su da abinci. A watan Afrilun 1863, ya yi yaƙi a yakin Port Gibson
kuma a watan Mayu na 1863, a yakin Raymond. Daga baya a watan Mayu, an sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan gundumar Arewa maso gabashin Louisiana lokacin da 'yan tawaye ke haifar da matsaloli a gonakin da aka yi hayar a can. Sojoji daga umurninsa sun halarci yakin Milliken's Bend a watan Yuni, daya daga cikin fadace-fadace na farko da suka hada da Sojojin Amurka masu launi.