INDEX

Abaco lighthouse, 83

Alabama, the, 7, 8, 78

American Civil War, outbreak of, 1

Arab horse, an, 97, 98, 99

Astoria, the, 30

Avery, Mrs., 159

Azores, gale off the, 20

Bahamas, the, 24, 27, 39, 48, 82, 169

Banshee, the, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 47, 48,

51, 59, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 84, 93, 114, 115

breakdown of, 71

capture of, 85

crew of, 34

defects of, 35

engines of, 47

fire on, 76, 77

open house on, 65

precautions on, 50

total loss of, 85

Banshee No. 2, the, 85, 98, 99, 100, 101, 124, 137, 139,

141, 143, 148, 150, 151, 157, 160, 161, 163, 164

Baton Rouge, 159

Bayley, Mrs., 88

Bermuda, 24, 39, 115, 117, 129, 169

Big Hill, the, 53

Blockade, declaration, 3

experts, 28

lessons of the, 167

Blockaders and blockade-runners, 167

Blockade-running, excitement of, 49

profits of, 10, 69, 85

risks of, 10

Blockades of the future, 169

Blockading fleet, the, 6

Bragg, General, 163

Branchville, 137

British Government, attitude of, 9, 39

British merchants, Southern sympathies of, 38

Burgoyne, Captain Hugh, V.C., 59, 89, 91

Burroughs, Pilot, 43, 51, 52, 53, 75, 117

Butler, General, 133

Cape Fear, 49

Cape Fear Club, 63

Cape Fear river, 44, 47, 58

Cape Hatteras, 4, 85

Capper, Captain, 101, 102, 108, 109

Captain, H.M.S., 59, 89, 91

Captures, 12

Charleston, 24, 25, 28, 38, 117, 137, 163

ships blockading, 6

trade of, 25

Chase, a weary, 81

City Point, 58

Clawson, Mr. T. W., 61

Collie and Co., Alexander, 26

Commerce destroyers, 7

Confederate fleet, the, 6, 7, 8

ports, 11

states, trade of, 18

Congress, the, 7

Craig's Landing, 60, 62

Crawford, Mr., 146

Cuba, 145, 162

Cumberland, the, 7

Curtis, General, 57, 61, 62, 63

Danville, 135, 140

Davis, Mr. Jefferson, 97

Deserter, execution of a, 159

Despatch, the, 17, 30

breakdown of, 19, 20

cargo on, 17, 19

condemned, 28

in quarantine, 30

reaches Nassau, 20

release of, 32

seizure of, 31

start of, 19

yellow fever on board, 30

Dinner bill, a, 139

Dixie, 58

Doering, Mr. Arthur, 88, 89, 94, 96

Don, the, 90

Erskine, chief engineer, 42, 77, 78, 81, 82

Eugénie, the, 76

Falcon, the, 124, 128

Farragut, Admiral, 8

Fastnet, the, 35

Federal Navy, inadequacy of the, 8

Florida, the, 7

Fort Caswell, 111, 112

Fort Fisher, 46, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61,

67, 73, 99, 103, 113, 114, 116, 140, 141, 163

Fort Lafayette, 85

Fraser, Trenholm and Co., 26

Freight charges, 18

Funchal Bay, 38

Galveston, 25, 44, 111, 148, 150, 151,

152, 153, 157, 159, 160, 163

Galveston Bay, 157

Game-cock, a, 100

Georgia, 137

Georgia, the, 7

Grace Church, 57

Great Eastern, the, 59

Greenough or Greenhow, Mrs. Rose, 60, 128

Gulf-stream, action of the, 169

Halifax, 115

Halpin, Captain, 59, 76, 77

Hamilton, 116

Hampton Roads, 7

Harper, Captain John, 63

Harper's Ferry, 57

Havana, 25, 145, 146, 148, 149, 154, 162, 164

Heiliger, Mr., 97, 133

Hewett, Captain, afterwards Admiral, V.C., 59, 89, 91, 124, 125

Hicks Pasha, 89

Hobart Pasha, 59, 89, 90

Mrs., 87, 89

Hoke, General, 134

Holcombe, Professor, 60

Houston, 158, 159, 160

Hurst, Mr. Frank, 88, 90, 115, 148, 154, 158, 161, 165

Infernal machine, an, 129

International Exhibition, the, 9

Irishman, a resourceful, 121

James Adger, the, 78, 80, 84

James river, the, 135, 136

John Brown raid, the, 57

Joint Stock Companies, establishment of, 93

Lafitte, Mr. J. B., 26

Lamb, Col. William, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63,

67, 75, 99, 104, 118, 125, 137, 163

Mrs., 56, 57

Lawley, Hon. Francis, 59

Lee, General, 135, 137

army of, 137, 139, 163

Lincoln, President, 2, 3, 8

Liquidation, a disastrous, 164

Liverpool, 33

confederate vessel in, 17

feeling in, 3, 10

Loading, reckless, 66

Look-out man, pay of the, 48

Madeira, 36

Maffitt, Captain, 42

Magruder, General, 157

May, Mr., 126

Merrimac, the, 7, 8

Mexico, Gulf of, 149, 162

Minnesota, the, 67

Mississippi, the, 159

Mobile, 7, 8, 25

Monitor, the, 7

Murray-Aynsley, Admiral, 59, 79, 81, 83, 90, 92, 165

Mrs., 87, 89

Nassau, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 47,

69, 80, 82, 101, 109, 114, 115, 129, 131, 133, 140,

141, 145, 146, 147, 149, 160, 162, 163, 165, 174

agencies at, 24

freight charges at, 18

life at, 86-100

yellow fever at, 96, 97

National character, 175

New Orleans, 25

New Providence, 20

New York, 30

Night Hawk, the, 59, 116, 117, 118, 126, 162, 164

boarded by Northerners, 120

on fire, 121, 122, 123

Niphon, the, 74

Norfolk Navy Yard, 5, 7

Norfolk, surrender of, 57

North Breaker shoal, the, 54, 73, 119

North, policy of the, 29

"Norther," a, 149, 150, 154

Northerners, energy of the, 5

fleet of the, 5

views of, as to belligerents, 36

Oreto, the, 42

Orton, 58

Paris, Congress at, 4

Petersburg, 133, 135

Plimsoll Act, the, 16

Port Royal, 30

Porter's fleet, admiral, 60, 140, 141, 142

Portman, Mr. Maurice, 89

Potomac river, 4

Power, Mr. Tom, 64

Providence, 57

Quarantine, 97

Queenstown, 20, 35

Quick-firing guns, 172

Race, a ding-dong, 79

Randolph, General, 142

Mrs., 143

Rappahanock, the, 8

Rhode Island, 57

Richmond, 44, 98, 128, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 140

privations in, 138

Rio Grande, the, 4

"Roberts," Captain, 59, 90, 91

Royal Proclamation, reception of a, 9

St. John, 32

Savannah, 42

Search-lights, 170, 171

Seceding States, seaboard of, 4

Shenandoah, the, 7

Sherman, General, 137

Smith's Inlet, 118

Smith's Island, 45

Somnambulism, 20, 21

South, acknowledgment of the, as belligerents, 3

partisan leaning towards, 12

Southern Historical Papers, extract from, 57

Southern Ports, blockade of the, 3

cargo suitable for, 18

States, secession of, 2

traders, 26

Southerners, Navy of the, 6, 7

Speed of vessels, 173

Stanton, Mr. Secretary, 58

Steele, Captain, 41, 42, 51, 52, 53, 67, 76,

78, 79, 82, 85, 89, 109, 113, 152, 154

Stormy Petrel, the, 114

Stowaway, a, 80

Suakim, Admiral Hewett, V.C., at, 91

Sumpter, the, 8

Tallahasse, the, 8

Taylor, Mr. Tom, 59

Tennessee, 137

Tennessee, the, 8

Texas, 158

Trent affair, the, 13, 39

Trent, the, 13

Tripod, the, 161, 162

Tristram Shandy, the, 94, 95

Tubal Cain, the, 42

United States, fleet of the, 4

Mercantile Navy of the, 8

Venus, the, 92

Virginia, 140

Vizitelly, Mr. Frank, 59, 89

War, end of the, 163

Washington, 58, 85

Watson, Mr. L. G., 26, 89

Whiting, General, 60, 62

Whitworth guns, Colonel Lamb's, 56, 137

Wild Dayrell, the, 111, 114

loss of, 113

Wild Rover, the, 114, 141

Wilkes, Captain, afterwards Admiral, 13, 14, 39, 40

Will-o'-the-wisp, the, 101, 114, 144, 151

ashore, 105

destruction of, 111

on fire, 106

sale of, 110

Wilmington, 24, 25, 38, 43, 44, 45, 47, 58,

64, 66, 80, 83, 92, 95, 102, 106, 115,

117, 125, 127, 128, 131, 132, 137, 139,

140, 142, 145, 148, 149, 157, 163, 174

ships blockading, 6

ship-building at, 8

trade of, 25

yellow fever at, 96, 97

Wilmington Bar, 46, 118

Wilmington, the, 63

Wilmington Messenger, extract from the, 61

Wood, Mr. Henry, 63

Yellow Fever, 96

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