The resolution recognized Check the victims of the explosion and officially exonerated Legality the 50 men court-martialed by the Navy .

Several British officers were court-martialed Judgment_communication and expelled Removing from the Navy for their poor performance against the enemy .

John Smith , who had been court-martialed and was awaiting news of his appeal against a death Death sentence , died Death a martyr for the abolitionist cause Causation .