The Confederates had cleverly placed these guns high on the bluffs of the Chickasaw Hills perfectly safe from the low trajectory cannon mounted on the Union's salt-water ships. All vessels of Porter's flotilla were back at New Orleans 9 June. steamed up the Mississippi with Horace Beals and  in tow 22 June.
The Confederates cleverly placed their artillery atop the Chickasaw Hills ridges, out of reach for the Union's low-flying cannons from its saltwater ships. By June 9th, Porter's entire fleet had returned to New Orleans, and then they set sail up the Mississippi River on June 22nd with Horace Beals on board.