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The Daily Dispatch: June 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], Capture of the U. S. Steamer Water Witch. (search)
freely over the sides of the vessel and through the ports. Our men heeded it not but pressed forward, reached the deck and clambered over the netting, some six feet in height, all the while fighting desperately, hand to hand, with the enemy. Lieut Pelot was the first man on board, and received a shot through the heart soon after reaching the deck and whilst dealing blows thick and heavy all around him. The command then devolved on Lt. Price, who had received a severe sabre cut on the head, buknow the result. The Water Witch is a flue side wheel steamer, is fully equipped, and provided with every convenience. A letter from battery Deauliere gives a list of the losses in the expedition: I deeply regret to state that Lieut Pelot, W. R. Jones, Jas Stapleton, ordinary seamen; --Crosby, landsman; Patrick Lottle, quarter gunner, and Moses, colored pilot of the expedition, were killed, the first named shot through the heart. Midshipman Minor, Lieut B. Price, boatswain Sey