Original sentence: In the morning of July 16, 1863, under sanction by Minister Pruyn, in an apparent swift response to the attack on the Pembroke, the U.frigate USS Wyoming under Captain David McDougal sailed into the strait and single-handedly engaged the US-built but poorly manned rebel fleet
Edited sentence: In the morning of July 16, 1863, under sanction by Minister Pruyn, in an apparent swift response to the attack on the Pembroke, the sloop-of-war USS Wyoming under Captain David McDougal sailed into the strait and single-handedly engaged the US-built but poorly manned rebel fleet