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Q: Rear Admiral James Edward Jouett (7 February 1826 -- 30 September 1902), known as ''Fighting Jim Jouett of the American Navy'', was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.
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What conflict involved James Edward Jouett?