Paymaster Richard E. Seward (Seaward) was awarded the medal of honor for actions that took place on Nov. 23 1863.
Apparently, the Union sent the steamer Commodore to destroy salt works on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Civil War Times Jan. 1981, page 31)
After they landed, two men (black troops) were shot approaching a house. Seward left the ship twice to retrieve the men, under intense fire both times.

Here is my question.
According to the "official records" the action took place at Ship Island Sound (Louisiana). First, how could the action take place in Louisiana when it was under Union control. Even if there were renegade salt makers in Louisiana who were selling salt to the Confederacy, why would the Union Navy send a landing force. Why not send infantry.
Second: Henry Weston of Pearlington had a large salt-making operation in Lakeshore Ms.--a few miles from the state line in Hancock Co. Letters from JFH Claiborne to Banks only two months prior describe the operation and Claiborne's wish to destroy it.
If you know the lay of the land, there is nowhere to land from Fort Pike to Lakeshore along the sound. The first dry land after you pass from Lake Bourge is in Mississippi.
I'm pretty sure this action happened in Hancock County. Has anyone heard of this or have anything that can help out?