 Kittredge landed a small reconnaissance party and took three prisoners before returning to "Corypheus".The following morning, Kittredge again went ashore where he and his party of seven men were captured by a large group of Southern soldiers.Because of fear of harming Kittredge (who would ultimately be dismissed from the service a year later) and his men, "Belle Italia" and her consorts were unable to fire on the enemy ashore.