. The naval history of the Civil War . the sentinels on Pelican fort theygrounded on Pelican Spit and were discov-ered by the enemy. It was then too late toattempt the capture of the General Rusk(a heavily armed vessel) as the alarm wasgiven at once, therefore that part of theexpedition was abandoned. The boats then turned about and pulledfor the schooner Royal Yacht, which theyboarded and carried after a short but sharpconflict. By this time the people in theforts were aroused and opened fire in thedirection of the boarding party. Lieut. Jouett proceeded to secure his prisoners, 13in number,
. The naval history of the Civil War . the sentinels on Pelican fort theygrounded on Pelican Spit and were discov-ered by the enemy. It was then too late toattempt the capture of the General Rusk(a heavily armed vessel) as the alarm wasgiven at once, therefore that part of theexpedition was abandoned. The boats then turned about and pulledfor the schooner Royal Yacht, which theyboarded and carried after a short but sharpconflict. By this time the people in theforts were aroused and opened fire in thedirection of the boarding party. Lieut. Jouett proceeded to secure his prisoners, 13in number, and leave the vessel; beforedoing which, he spiked the only gun theschooner carried and set fire to her, as shehad a shot through her at the water line,and the pilot on whom Jouett had dependedto take the vessel out was shot down. Lieutenant Jouett himself was severelywounded by a boarding pike in the hands ofan enemy; Mr. William Carter, gunner, waswounded, one man killed of the boats crewand six wounded, one of whom REAR-ADMIRAL JAMES E. JODETT.(FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1885.) This was a gallant and well-executed af-fair, and no doubt the •General Ruskwould have been captured but for the dis-covery of the boats. A boarding partyagainst an enemy well armed and preparedfor such an event is always a dangerousaffair. The odds are always in favor ofthose on board the vessel, but in this casethe schooner was carried by one boat only,because the other one did not get alongsidein time to be of much assistance. OF THE CIVIL WAR. 03 Captain McKean, who commanded theGulf blockading squadron, issued a publicorder, thanking Lieut. Jouett and his offi-cers and men for their gallantry and cool-ness on this occasion, with a hope that their names might be enrolled by a grate-ful country with those which in formeryears shed so much lustre on the On November 23d, 1S01, Commodore Mc-Kean. after consultation with General Har-vey Brown at Fort Pickens, determine
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