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80 seemed paralyzed with fear, and remained under the hurricane deck without giving the officers the least support.... I regret to say the engineers acted in the most cowardly manner.

But Captain Pendergrast and his officers certainly made an obstinate defense; for of the boarding party Lieutenant Pelot and 5 men were killed, and Lieutenant Price, Midshipman Minor, Boatswain Seymour, and 9 men were wounded. The Waterwitch was taken into the Confederate navy, and was burned when the Confederates evacuated Savannah in December, 1864. Lieutenant Price was promoted to commander for his gallant conduct in this affair.