 After pursuing the schooner, "Queen of the Bay", about 8 miles, the boats forced her ashore.The Confederates abandoned their ship and opened fire on the Union boats from the shore, killing three men and wounding three others including the commander of the boat party, Acting Ensign Alfred H. Reynolds.The Federal sailors then left their boats and retreated overland 30 miles to rejoin "Sachem" at Aransas Bay.