. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . found her lying at Vera Cruz. The frigate on the left, the Santce, was a lateraddition to the navy, also mounting fifty guns. She served on blockade duty, chiefly in the Gulf, duringthe war. There, while lying off Galveston, November 7, 1801, in command of Captain Henry Eagle, someof her crew performed one of the brilliant naval exjiloits that marked the beginning of James E. Jouett volunteered to rim into the harbor and destroy the Confed
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . found her lying at Vera Cruz. The frigate on the left, the Santce, was a lateraddition to the navy, also mounting fifty guns. She served on blockade duty, chiefly in the Gulf, duringthe war. There, while lying off Galveston, November 7, 1801, in command of Captain Henry Eagle, someof her crew performed one of the brilliant naval exjiloits that marked the beginning of James E. Jouett volunteered to rim into the harbor and destroy the Confederate steamer General Rusk and the schooner Royal Yacht. Near midnight the little party in two launches pulledboldly into the harbor. When upon the General Rusk, Lieutenant Jouetts launch grounded andwas run into by the second launch. With the Confederates thus aroused and several steamers speeding tofind him in the darkness, Lieutenant Jouett nevertheless determined to board. After a thrilling encounter, hemade prisoners of the crew and destroyed the schooner, returning with a loss of one killed and six
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