Definition: Given a question and a context passage, generate the answer having the word or phrase from the context passage. Here, the answer should be a shortest continous span from the passage.
Input: Context: 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.
Question: What conflict involved James Edward Jouett?
Output:
american civil war