page_title: James Edward Jouett
hierarchical_section_title: James Edward Jouett
caption_attribution_description: The Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey visits the USS Trenton in 1886. From left to right: Captain Robert F. Bradford; Rear Admiral James E. Jouett, President of the Board; Commander Henry C. Taylor; Chief Engineer Philip Inch; and Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn..
context_page_description: Rear Admiral James Edward Jouett, 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. His father was Matthew Harris Jouett, a notable painter, and his grandfather was Revolutionary War hero Jack Jouett.
context_section_description: 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. His father was Matthew Harris Jouett, a notable painter, and his grandfather was Revolutionary War hero Jack Jouett.
caption: Jouett (second from left) as a member of the Naval Inspections Board on the screw steamer USS Trenton in 1886.
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