...cember twenty-first, 1861, to be bestowed upon such petty officers, seamen, and marines as shall most distinguish themselves by gallantry in action and other seamanlike qualities during the war. George Bell , captain of the after-guard, United States frigate Santee, was pilot of the boat engaged in cutting out the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht from Galveston Bay, November seventh, 1861, and evinced mo...