INDEX

Abby Bradford, merchant-ship, capture of, by the Sumter, iv. 412;

captured by the frigate Powhatan, 413.

Abellino, Yankee privateer, captures prizes in the Mediterranean, iii. 343.

Acasta, British gun-boat, attacks the Constitution, iii. 260.

Acquia Creek, Potomac River, capture of Confederate forts at, iv. 66, 81–83.

Active, British brig, captured by the Hazard, i. 206.

Adams, American frigate, changed to a corvette, iii. 54;

Captain Charles Morris in command of, 57;

on the coast of Africa, 58;

chased by the Tigris, 59;

scurvy on board, 60;

runs on a rock, 61;

attacked on the Penobscot, 62;

burned, ib.

Adams, Captain H. A., disloyal conduct of, iv. 117.

Adams, John, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36.

Adams, Samuel, and the Boston tea-party, i. 12.

Adelaide, Federal transport, iv. 100.

Adeline, American brig, recaptured from the British, ii. 74.

Admiral Duff, British privateer, blown up by the Protector, i. 207.

Adriana, American brigantine, Ambassador to Holland sails on, iv. 153.

Adventure, British ship, burned by Paul Jones, i. 78.

Africa, British ship-of-the-line, ii. 55.

Africa, making the coast of, safe for American traders, iii. 340–358.

Aiken, Southern revenue cutter, converted into the Confederate privateer Petrel, iv. 93.

Alabama, Confederate privateer, off Galveston, iv. 357;

known as No. 290, 430;

Captain Semmes appointed to command, 431;

cruises off the Azores, Martinique, Galveston, Cape Town, and the East Indies, 432–436;

encounters the Kearsarge at Cherbourg, 436;

comparison of their armaments, 437;

the fight, 438–441;

prizes taken by, 447.

Alabama claims, iv. 430.

Albatross, Federal gun-boat, passes the batteries of Port Hudson, iv. 358.

Albemarle, Confederate ironclad ram, iv. 456;

laid up at Plymouth, N.C., 457;

blown up by Lieutenant Cushing, 461.

Albemarle Sound, N.C., a Confederate privateer resort, iv. 94.

Albert Adams, Federal merchant-ship, captured by the Sumter, iv. 415.

Alden, Captain James, iv. 386.

Alden, Commander James, iv. 314.

Alert, British corvette, surrenders to the Essex, ii. 42;

attempt to rescue from Porter, 43, 44.

Alert, British cutter, captures the Lexington, i. 119, 120.

Alexander, Captain Charles, i. 66.

Alexandria, British frigate, ii. 359.

Alexandria, Red River, Admiral Porter’s squadrons arrive at, iv. 370.

Alfred, American flagship, sent to France, i. 130;

captured, 132, 133.

Algerian fleet sent after Yankee merchantmen, iii. 341.

Algerian Navy, strength of the, iii. 344.

Algerian pirates encouraged by England, i. 308, 309.

Algiers, Africa, tribute paid to by the United States, iii. 339;

by England, 340.

Algiers, Dey of, ransom paid to, i. 309, 310;

treatment of Americans by, iii. 340, 341.

Algiers, harbor defences of, iii. 345.

Allen, American gun-boat, iii. 141.

Allen, Captain William Henry, ii. 360;

carries the American Minister to France, 361;

sails into the English Channel, ib.;

captures a wine ship from Portugal, 362, 363;

encounters the Pelican, 362–364;

his ship surrendered, 367;

dies in Mill Prison Hospital, 371.

Allen, Lieutenant William Howard, takes charge of the ship, ii. 364;

continues the fight, 367;

killed in an engagement with pirates, iii. 333.

Alliance, American frigate, detailed to carry Lafayette home, i. 232;

fouls the Bonhomme Richard, 234;

takes a valuable prize, 236;

fires into the Bonhomme Richard, 254;

flight of Paul Jones on the, 275;

cruises on the French coast, 297;

narrow escape of, 298;

sails from Havana with specie, ib.;

attacked by the Sybille, 299;

sold, 303.

Alligator, American tender, surrendered to the British, iii. 235.

Alligator, American schooner, defeats an attack at Cole’s Island, ii. 419.

Alvarado, Mexican port, Commodore Conner attempts to take, iii. 410;

captured by Lieutenant Charles G. Hunter, 428.

Alwyn, John C., Lieutenant in the Java fight, mortally wounded, ii. 166, 171, 172.

American citizens in foreign countries, iii. 385, 386.

American commerce, English policy toward, i. 306, 307, 384;

protected by Portugal, 307;

menace to, iv. 412.

American cruisers in British waters, i. 112–133.

American flag, first salute given to, i. 69;

designed, 134;

first hoisted, 135;

first saluted by a foreign power, 138;

protected by Portugal, 307;

a shield for an infamous traffic, iii. 361;

a Chinese assault on, 380.

American frontier in 1812, ii. 262.

American Navy, first existence of, i. 1;

founders of, 37;

first ships of, in commission, 39–43;

resolutions of Congress founding it, 41;

first officers and first ships of, 39–43;

origin of the, 1–47;

first cruise of the, 48–62;

first squadron poorly manned and inefficient, 49–53;

along shore in 1776, 63–83;

mismanagement in, 159;

at the time of the Declaration of Independence, 300;

building a new navy, 303;

strength of, at commencement of hostilities with France, 315;

almost extinct, 396;

reduced to a peace footing, 398;

discreditable lack of, ii. 26;

increase of, 356;

development of, from 1815 to 1859, iv. 1–9;

personnel of the, in 1859, 24–26;

number of men who took part with the Southern States, 27;

value of men from Northern ports and the Great Lakes, 36;

a nautical curiosity shop, 37;

ferryboats as naval ships, ib.;

first great naval expedition of the War of the Rebellion, 168;

modern, sketch of, 523–554;

in 1885, condition of, 523.

American prisoners in England, i. 122;

in Tripoli, 345, 358.

American seamen, impressment of, ii. 18;

courage and skill of, 357.

American sea-power in 1812, ii. 21.

American shipping and French cruisers, i. 314.

American squadron, career of the first, i. 60.

Ammen, Captain Daniel, at Port Royal, iv. 163;

Commander of the Patapsco, 480.

Amphitrite, American pilot-boat, attacks a French privateer, ii. 34.

Amy, American bark, Blackford, at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548.

Anacostia, Federal screw steamer, at Acquia Creek, iv. 81.

Anarchy in the West Indies and along the Spanish Main, iii. 325.

Andrea Doria, brig of first American Navy, i. 39;

in the first naval battle of the Revolution, 58;

ordered to sea, 64;

fight with brig Racehorse, 68, 69;

burned, 70.

Andrews, Major W. S. G., Commander of Fort Hatteras, iv. 107.

Anglo-Saxon aggressiveness, iii. 391.

Anglo-Saxon cheer, the, ii. 308.

Angostura, Venezuela, Commodore Perry arrives at, iii. 329.

Anthracite coal used by blockade-runners, iv. 55.

Antonio, Cape, Captain Kearny of the Enterprise captures pirates near, iii. 331.

Aquidaban, Brazilian rebel monitor, iv. 548.

Arbuthnot, Captain James, captured by the Wasp, iii. 93–96.

Arcade, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Archer, captured by Captain Read of the Tacony, iv. 424.

Argus, American sloop, ii. 360;

carries the American Minister to France, 361;

cruises in the English Channel, ib.;

too successful for her safety, 362;

encounters Pelican, 362, 363;

her sails become unmanageable, 364;

surrenders, 367;

contemporary view of the battle, 369;

taken by a prize crew to Plymouth, 371.

Argus, American frigate, captures six prizes, ii. 151.

Argus, American cruiser, in the attack on Tripoli, i. 374.

Ariadne, British man-of-war, captures the Alfred, i. 132, 133.

Ariel, American schooner, ii. 292.

Arkansas, Confederate ram, skirmish in the Yazoo River, iv. 342, 343;

machinery gets out of order, 343;

attacks Farragut’s squadron, 344.

Arkansas Post, naval force sent to help capture, iv. 351.

Armada, British liner, chases the Wasp, iii. 92.

Armament and construction of gun-boats, iv. 246.

Armament of battle-ships from 1812 to 1859, iv. 24.

Armor-plated ships, first use of, iv. 9, 10.

Armstrong, Commodore James, surrenders Pensacola Navy Yard to Confederates, iv. 112;

suspended for five years, 113.

Arnold, Benedict, invades Canada, i. 84;

builds a fleet, 89;

fight on Lake Champlain, 92–94;

character of, as a fighter, 105.

Arsenals established in New York State, ii. 264.

Asp, American ship, ii. 352.

Atalanta, British brig, surrenders to the Alliance, i. 298.

Atalanta, British ship, captured by the Wasp, iii. 100.

Atalanta, British frigate, ii. 16.

Atlanta, formerly the Fingal, Confederate ironclad, iv. 488;

surrenders to the Weehawken, 489.

Atlanta, United States cruiser, iv. 533.

Atlantic, British letter-of-marque whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 9.

See Essex, Jr.

Audience, an intensely interested, iii. 152.

Augusta, Federal ship, in Port Royal squadron, iv. 172.

Augusta, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad Palmetto State, iv. 474.

Aulick, Captain James, sent to Japan in 1851, iii. 443;

recalled on false charges, ib.

Avon, British brig-sloop, captured by the Wasp (3), iii. 93–96.

Aylwin, American gun-boat, iii. 141.

Bache, Lieutenant G. M., iv. 369.

Badajos, rapacity of English veterans in the streets of, iii. 134.

Bahama, British merchant-ship, officers and crew of the Alabama taken in the, to Terceira, iv. 431.

Bahama Islands, a resort for contraband traders in the Civil War, iv. 48.

Bahia, Brazil, Captain Bainbridge paroles his prisoners at, ii. 167, 175.

Bailey, Lieutenant-colonel Joseph, saves Admiral Porter’s squadron, iv. 371–376;

receives thanks of Congress, 376.

Bailey, Captain Theodorus, at New Orleans, iv. 316;

commands first division of Farragut’s squadron, 324;

sent ashore to deliver Farragut’s letter, 338.

Bainbridge, Captain William, i. 316;

surrenders to the French frigate Insurgent, ib.;

Captain of the Voluntaire refuses to accept his sword, ib.;

deceives the French officer, 317;

sent to Tripoli in charge of the Essex, 335;

chases a Tripolitan corsair, 341;

loses his ship on a reef, 343;

court-martialed, 344;

a prisoner in Tripoli, 345;

communicates with American fleet, 346;

a shot penetrates his prison, 368;

remonstrates with the Navy Department of Madison’s administration, ii. 26;

cruising in Brazil, 152;

fight with the British frigate Java, 153–173;

wounded, 155;

conducts his ship while his wounds are being dressed, 156;

paroles 378 of the Java’s crew, 167;

blows up the Java, 173;

his dream realized, 172, 173;

his character illustrated, 177;

insulted at Barcelona, iii. 311–313.

Bainbridge, Midshipman Joseph, his duel with the Secretary of Sir Alexander Ball, iii. 307–311;

captures a Carthaginian privateer, iii. 65;

attacked and captured by the Orpheus and Shelburne, 65, 66.

Baker, Captain Thomas H., iv. 89.

Baldwin, Lieutenant, i. 66.

Ball, Sir Alexander, iii. 307.

Ballard, American gun-boat, iii. 141.

Ballard, Midshipman Edward J., ii. 206.

Baltimore, American frigate, five men of the, impressed in the British service, 401.

Bankhead, Captain J. P., at Port Royal, iv. 163.

Banks, General Nathaniel Prentiss, sent on expedition to Shreveport, La., iv. 368.

Banshee, the first steel blockade-runner, iv. 57.

Barbary pirates encouraged by England, i. 307;

war with, 333, 334.

Barclay, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 8.

Barclay, Captain Robert H., appears off Erie, ii. 289;

fond of festivities, 291;

misses the American fleet, 292;

opposes Perry, 296;

superiority of his ships, 298;

determines to meet Perry, 302;

awaits the American squadron, 306;

fires the first gun, 308;

surrenders, 324, 326;

loses a second arm in the battle, 330.

Barnard, Captain Tim, iii. 187;

captures nineteen prizes, ib.

Barney, Captain Joshua, sketch of, i. 209–215;

has command of the clipper-schooner Rossie, ii. 245;

captures by, 246–248;

commands a fleet in Chesapeake Bay in 1813, 403;

attacked by the British on the Patuxent River, 403–409;

Captain Samuel Miller and Colonel Wadsworth sent to his assistance, 409, 410;

moves up the Patuxent River, 413;

burns his fleet, 414;

wounded, 416.

Barney, Major William B., acts as aid to his father, ii. 406;

in command of cutter Scorpion, 408.

Barossa, British frigate, ii. 395.

Barreaut, Captain, chases American ships, i. 316;

recalled by Captain St. Laurent, 317–319.

Barriers on the Mississippi to prevent Farragut’s advance, iv. 320;

broken down by the Itasca, 323.

Barron, Captain James, sent to Tripoli in charge of the President, i. 335;

with Stephen Decatur, iii. 318–322;

restored to active service, 323.

Barron, Captain Samuel, sent to Tripoli in charge of the Philadelphia, i. 335.

Barron, Flag Officer Samuel, captured at Fort Hatteras, iv. 106.

Barry, Captain John, i. 39;

commands American brig Lexington, 63;

cruises off Virginia capes, 64;

encounters British tender Edward, 64;

sinks the Effingham, 188;

captures and destroys the schooner Alert, 189, 190;

appointed to the Raleigh, ib.;

chases the Unicorn, 191;

loses the Raleigh, 194.

Bashaw of Tripoli, treachery of, i. 335, 336;

refuses to make a treaty, 340;

agrees to give up prisoners, 378.

Bassett, Lieutenant F. S., opinion of Commodore Hopkins, i. 61.

Batteaux, travelling in, ii. 263.

Battle of Bunker Hill, i. 26;

Champlain, 92–111;

of Fort Pillow, iv. 298;

of Grand Gulf, 367;

of Lake Erie, ii. 309–325;

of Lexington, i. 14;

of Memphis, iv. 298–307;

of New Orleans (in the Civil War), 326–340;

of Pittsburg Landing, 284.

Baton Rouge surrenders to Captain Craven of the Brooklyn, iv. 340.

Baudara de Sangare, a private vessel, captured by the Shark, iii. 332.

Baury, Lieutenant Frederick, iii. 81.

Bay Point. See Fort Beauregard.

Bazely, Lieutenant John, captures the Lexington, i. 119, 120.

Beagle, American ship, captures Cape Cruz, iii. 334.

Beaufort, Confederate gun-boat, takes crew off the Congress after she surrenders to the Merrimac, iv. 208.

Beauregard, Confederate ram, attacks the Queen of the West at Fort Pillow, iv. 301;

rammed and sunk by the Monarch, 302.

Bell, Henry H., iv. 314.

Belligerent ships, rules and orders regarding, issued by British Government, iv. 411.

Belligerents, rights of, iv. 86.

Belmont, on the Mississippi, battle at, iv. 251;

the Confederates compel Grant to retreat, 252.

Belvidera, British frigate, encounters the President, ii. 29;

escapes, 32.

Ben. Dunning, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Benham, Admiral A. E. K.,

prompt action of, at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548.

Bentham, Commander George, attacks the General Armstrong in the harbor of Fayal, iii. 187–199;

sets fire to the Armstrong, 200.

Benton snag-boat, converted by Eads into an armored vessel, iv. 246–249.

Benton, Porter’s flagship before Vicksburg, iv. 363.

Benton, Federal gun-boat, Lieutenant-commander J. A. Greer, iv. 369.

Berceau, French frigate, fights with the Boston, i. 328;

returned to France, 330.

Beresford, Captain John Poer, recaptures the Frolic from the Wasp, ii. 118.

Berkeley, British minister at Washington, recalled and promoted, ii. 2.

Bermudas a basis for contraband trade during the Civil War, iv. 48.

Betsey, British bark, captured by Captain Alexander, i. 66.

Biddle, Captain Nicholas, i. 64;

commands the Randolph, 160;

attacks the Yarmouth, 162.

Biddle, James, Lieutenant on the Wasp (No. 2), ii. 111;

leads the boarders, ib.;

hauls down the flag of the Frolic, 112;

appointed to command the Hornet, iii. 272;

commands the Macedonian, 331;

sent to the Pacific Coast, 401;

sent to Japan to negotiate a treaty of peace, 440.

Bienville, Federal ship, in Port Royal squadron, iv. 172.

Black Hawk, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369.

Black Prince, purchased by Naval Committee, i. 39.

Black Rock, near Buffalo, Lieutenant Elliott establishes a navy yard at, ii. 273.

Black Snake, British gun-boat, iii. 126.

Blake, Captain H. C., iv. 432.

Blakely, Master-commandant Johnston, ii. 375;

fights with the Reindeer and the Avon, iii. 85–96;

captures the Atalanta, 100;

lost with his ship, 103.

Blockade-runner, legal status of, iv. 57, 58.

Blockade-runners, chiefly in the hands of the British, iv. 48;

reckless loading of, 61;

profits of, 63, 64.

Blockading the Southern ports, iv. 28–30;

no force available to blockade at the beginning of the war, 32;

lack of ships and men, 34;

Congress slow to appreciate the need of a navy, 35.

“Blood is thicker than water,” iii. 381, 382.

Blythe, Captain Samuel, attacks the Enterprise, ii. 375;

killed, 379;

buried at Portland, 385.

Board of Admiralty, i. 158.

Boggs, Commander Charles S., iv. 314.

Bolton, American bomb-brig, i. 56.

Bonhomme Richard, American ship, i. 227;

origin of the name, 228;

fitted out by Jones, 229;

mixed crew of, 230;

Richard Dale as master’s mate on, ib.;

the Alliance runs foul of, 234;

accident to, 235;

meets the Serapis, 243;

fight with the Serapis, 245–259;

comparative strength of the two ships, 265;

after the surrender, 269–272;

sinking of the ship, 272.

Bonita, American schooner, in attack on Alvarado, iii. 410.

Bonne Citoyenne, British war-ship, blockaded in the harbor of Bahia, ii. 179;

cowardice of Captain Greene, 180.

Borer, American gun-boat, iii. 141.

Boston, American frigate, i. 286, 287.

Boston, American ship, fights the Berceau, Captain Senez, i. 328, 329.

Boston Port Bill, i. 13.

Boston, tea destroyed in harbor of, i. 13;

press-gang riots in, 395.

Boston, United States cruiser, iv. 533.

Boutelle, Mr., of the Federal Coast Survey, replaces the buoys at Port Royal, iv. 171.

Bowling Green, Kentucky, Confederate position at, untenable after surrender of Fort Henry, iv. 266.

Boxer, British brig, attacks the Enterprise, ii. 375;

surrenders, 379;

crew of, 382;

decision of the British court on the loss of the, 384.

Bragg, Confederate ship, captured at Fort Pillow, iv. 302.

Breckenridge, General, attacks the Federal forces at Baton Rouge, iv. 344.

Breese, Lieutenant-commander K. R., iv. 369.

Breeze, Chaplain, on the Lawrence in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 317.

British Government, attitude of the, toward African pirates, iii. 340.

British grab at the Valley of the Mississippi, iii. 229, 230.

British merchants and the American war, i. 112.

British Navy in American waters, i. 195.

British waters, rights of belligerents in, iv. 411.

Brock, Sir Isaac, his view of the English possession of America, ii. 279.

Broke, British gun-boat, iii. 143.

Broke, Captain Philip Vere, Commodore British squadron, ii. 55;

challenges Lawrence of the Chesapeake to fight, “ship to ship,” ii. 203, 204;

boards the Chesapeake, 214;

is wounded, 217;

becomes delirious, 221, 225;

made a baronet, 226;

death of, 229.

Brooke, Lieutenant John M., assigned to assist in designing an ironclad, iv. 184.

Brooklyn, screw sloop, iv. 314.

Brooklyn, Federal gun-boat, iv. 386.

Brown, Lieutenant George, iv. 389.

Brown, Captain Isaac N., iv. 342;

skirmish with the Federal fleet in the Yazoo River, ib.;

attacks Farragut’s squadron, 344;

supports Breckenridge at Baton Rouge, ib.

Brown, Lieutenant James, ii. 217.

Browne, Lieutenant G. W., iv. 370.

Brownson, Captain Willard H., at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548;

on the coast of Mexico, 553.

Bruinsburg, Federal army crosses from, to Grand Gulf, iv. 364.

Bryant, Captain N. C., before Fort Pillow, iv. 290.

Buchanan, Flag Officer Franklin, iv. 188;

his difficulty in finding a crew, 195;

wounded, 210;

his report of the fight, ib.;

Confederate fleet of, at Mobile, 380;

sends the Tennessee into action, 399;

wounded, 402.

Budd, Lieutenant George, ii. 206, 218.

Bullock, Commander James D., supervises construction of the Alabama, iv. 430.

Bunker Hill, battle of, i. 26.

Bunker Hill, American privateer, ii. 394.

Burleton, Admiral Sir George, chases the Hornet, iii. 282.

Burnside, General A. E., sent to capture Roanoke Island, iv. 109.

Burrows, American gun-boat, iii. 141.

Burrows, Lieutenant William, appointed to command the Enterprise, ii. 375;

encounters the Boxer, 375–377;

is mortally wounded, 377;

receives the surrender of the Boxer, 379.

Bushnell, David, invents first American submarine torpedo boat, i. 164;

sketch of his life, 180–184.

Butler, General Benjamin F., sent to attack the forts on Hatteras Islands, iv. 100;

his report at, 107;

occupies New Orleans, 338, 339;

his plan for blowing up Fort Fisher, 508–510.

Byron, Captain of, chased by the President, ii. 29–32.

Cabot, brig of first American Navy, i. 39;

commanded by Captain Elisha Hinman, i. 66;

fired by her captain, 163.

Cairo, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245;

Captain N. C. Bryant commands, 290;

runs by torpedoes in the Yazoo River expedition, iv. 350.

Calbreth, Peter, one of the capturers of the Margaretta, i. 17.

Caldwell, Lieutenant C. H. B., iv. 314;

breaks barriers across the Mississippi, 323.

Caleb Cushing, Federal revenue cutter, cut out and burnt by the Archer, iv. 424.

Caledonia, British brig, captured by Lieutenant Elliott, ii. 279.

California, a bone of contention between Americans and English, in 1842, iii. 387, 388;

operations that insured the acquisition of, iii. 387, 388.

Canada invaded by American troops, i. 84;

annexation of, agitated in 1812, ii. 20;

invasions of, for resenting British aggressions, ii. 263.

Canning, British prime minister, diplomacy of, in regard to the Chesapeake affair, ii. 1.

Canton, China, American fleet sent to, to protect American interests, iii. 380.

Cape Cruz, South America, a pirate resort captured by the Greyhound and Beagle, iii. 334.

Carden, Captain John Surnam, i. 389;

cruel treatment of sailors, ib.;

cruises in the Azores, ii. 121;

falls in with the United States, 122;

fight with, 125–134;

Decatur refuses to receive his sword, 139.

Caribbean Sea a nest for pirates, iii. 326.

Carleton, Sir Guy, his supplies captured by Paul Jones, i. 79;

confidence of, 85;

his fleet at St. John’s, 87;

fight on Lake Champlain, 92–94.

Carleton, British schooner, ii. 100.

Carnation, British brig, attacks the General Armstrong in the neutral port of Fayal, Azores, iii. 187–200.

Caroband Bank, South America, fight between the Hornet and Peacock near, ii. 181.

Caroline, American schooner, attacks the British camp at Villeré’s Plantation on the Mississippi, iii. 239;

is fired and abandoned, 240.

Carondelet, James B. Eads’s shipyard at, iv. 243.

Carondelet, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245, 369;

goes aground outside Fort Henry, 265;

gets free, 266;

shells Fort Donelson, 268, 271;

disabled before Fort Donelson, 271;

gun bursts on, 272;

in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, 363.

Carronades, description and value of, ii. 36–38.

Carronades (short guns) out of use, iii. 141.

Carrying trade of the Mediterranean, England’s tribute to the Dey of Algiers for, iii. 340;

after the War of 1812, ib.

Cassin, Lieutenant Stephen, iii. 139.

Castilian, English brig-sloop, iii. 93.

Catherine, British ship, captured by Lieutenant Downes, iii. 10.

Cat-o’-ninetails used to enforce orders on British ships, i. 389.

Catskill, Federal ironclad, iv. 480.

Cayuga, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 314.

Centipede, American gun-boat, iii. 141.

Centipede, British launch, ii. 398;

sunk, 400.

Ceremonies connected with first American fleet, i. 44–46.

Ceres, British man-of-war, captures the Alfred, i. 132, 133.

Chads, Lieutenant, in the fight with the Constitution, takes command when Captain Lambert is mortally wounded, ii. 165.

Champlain, Lake, naval battle on, i. 92–100;

reflections on the battle, 105–111.

Champlin, Stephen, in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 326;

fires the last shot of the battle, 327.

Chandeleur Islands, the British forces arrive at, to attack New Orleans, iii. 230.

Chaplin, Lieutenant J. C., attacks the forts at Acquia Creek, iv. 82.

Charles City, Ark., attack on, by Federal gun-boats and an Indiana regiment, iv. 307.

Charleston, United States cruiser, plans of, imported, iv. 531.

Charleston, S. C., defences of, iv. 467;

bombardment of, iv. 480–502.

Charlton, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 14.

Charwell, British brig, iii. 110.

Chase, Major W. H., and Colonel Lomax, capture the Pensacola Navy Yard, iv. 112.

Chasseur, Baltimore clipper, attacks the St. Lawrence, British war-schooner, iii. 204.

Chatsworth, American brigantine, slave-ship captured by Lieutenant Foote, iii. 366.

Chauncey, Commodore Isaac, appointed to command the forces on the Great Lakes, ii. 270;

attacks Kingston, ib.;

attacks Toronto, 341;

attacks Fort George, 342;

returns to Sackett’s Harbor, 348;

makes another assault on Toronto, 349;

Sir James Yeo’s squadron appears, ib.;

jockeying for position, 350;

Chauncey opens fire, 351;

returns to the attack, 352;

misses the great opportunity of his life, 353;

operations of, on Lake Ontario, iii. 113–129.

Cherub, British war-ship, accompanies the Phœbe in the attack on the Essex, iii. 25.

Chesapeake, American frigate, built, i. 312.

Chesapeake, Lawrence appointed to command of, ii. 197;

her crew, 198;

the ship reputed to be unlucky, 199;

is fitted out for a voyage to intercept British ships, 200;

is blockaded by the Shannon in Boston Harbor, 203;

goes out to meet the Shannon, 1813, 204;

crew mutinous, 205;

closes down on the Shannon, 206;

the battle, 209;

the Chesapeake is boarded, 214;

hand-to-hand fight, 217;

the ship is captured, 221;

taken to Halifax, 222;

comparison of the two ships, 229.

Chickasaw, Federal monitor, iv. 386.

Chickasaw, Federal gun-boat, shells Fort Gaines, and compels it to surrender, iv. 405.

Chicora, Confederate ironclad, built at Charleston, iv. 473;

fires on the Keystone State and captures her, 475.

Chillicothe, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369.

Chinese assault on the American flag, a, iii. 380.

Chinese war of 1856, American interests involved in, and fleet sent to protect them, iii. 379–382.

Chippeway, British schooner, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 297.

Chubb, British ship, disabled and surrenders to Macdonough, iii. 156.

Chubb, British gun-boat, iii. 143.

Cincinnati, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245;

flagship of Commodore Foote before Fort Henry, 261;

Captain R. N. Stembel commands, 289;

throws the first shell into Fort Pillow, 293;

attacked by Confederate rains, ib.;

the Mound City goes to the rescue of, 294;

sinks, ib.

Circassian, blockade-runner, captured off Havana by the Fulton ferryboat Somerset, iv. 37.

Civilization promoted by Anglo-Saxon aggressiveness, iii. 391.

Clarence, merchant-ship, captured by Captain Maffitt, of the cruiser Florida, iv. 424;

placed under command of Lieutenant Read, ib.;

burnt, ib.

Coaling stations, need of, by Federal war-ships in Southern waters, iv. 161.

Cocke, Captain W. H., iii. 333;

fired on and killed by a Porto Rican fort, ib.

Collier, Sir Ralph, K. C. B., iii. 260.

Collins, Captain Napoleon, at Port Royal, iv. 163;

commanding the Wachusett, captures the Florida in Bahia Harbor, iv. 424.

“Colonial Navy,” distinguished from temporary cruisers, i. 28, 29.

Colorado, United States screw frigate, launched, iv. 15.

Columbia, American frigate, attacks and bombards the Malay town of Quallah Battoo, iii. 375–379.

Columbia, United States cruiser, iv. 534.

Columbiad, description of, iv. 119.

Columbus, successful cruise of Captain Whipple in the, i. 66.

Columbus, American ship-of-the-line, sent to Japan, iii. 440.

Columbus, Ky., Confederate position at, becomes untenable after surrender of Fort Henry, iv. 266.

Columbus, on the Mississippi, Confederates evacuate, iv. 275.

Comet, American privateer, ii. 252.

Commander-in-chief of the Navy, title held by Commodore Hopkins only, i. 62.

Condor, blockade-runner, wreck of, at Fort Fisher, iv. 511.

Conestoga, merchant-vessel, purchased by Commander Rodgers, iv. 241;

Captain Phelps appointed to command, 251.

Confederacy, American frigate, i. 287.

Confederacy, American packet, captured by the English, i. 298.

Confiance, British frigate, iii. 142;

flagship of Captain Downie in the battle of Lake Champlain, 153;

disabled and surrendered to the Saratoga, 165.

Congress, American galley, i. 89;

Arnold’s, flagship, 99;

covers retreat at Crown Point, 104;

burned by Arnold, 105.

Congress, American frigate, built, i. 312;

opens fire on the ironclad Merrimac in Hampton Roads, iv. 200;

grounded, 207;

two Confederate gun-boats open fire on her, ib.;

Lieutenant Pendergrast surrendered her to the Merrimac, 208;

hot shot fired at her by the Merrimac, 209;

her magazine explodes, 215.

Connecticut troops desert, i. 30.

Conner, Commodore David, lands a force at Point Isabel, iii. 409;

his fleet not fitted for shallow waters, 410;

his conduct of the seige of Vera Cruz, 418.

Connyngham, Captain Gustavus, i. 123;

captures prizes on the French coast, 124;

commission taken from him, 125;

takes command of the Revenge, 126;

his ship injured, 127;

refits in English port, 128;

gets provisions in an Irish port, ib.;

sails for America, ib.;

denounced as a pirate, 129;

cruel treatment of, in English prison, ib.

Constellation, American frigate, built, i. 312;

Captain Thomas Truxton commands, 316, 319;

battle with French frigate Insurgent, 320;

discipline on board of, 322, 323;

battle with French frigate Vengeance, 323–325;

Captain Charles Gordon appointed to command in Decatur’s fleet, iii. 343.

Constitution, United States frigate, built, i. 312;

flagship in the attack on Tripoli, 367;

called a “pine box” by Englishmen, 380;

Captain Isaac Hull disputes with the Captain of the British warship Havana, ii. 13, 14;

is chased by two frigates, ib.;

ship prepares for action, ib.;

frigates retreat, 16;

her escape from a British squadron, 53–69;

“a bunch of pine boards,” 73;

fight with Guerrière, 76–95;

comparative strength of the two ships, 96;

return to Boston, 101;

cruising off Brazil, 152;

falls in with the Java, 153, 155–173;

attempt of the Java to board, 158;

the London Times on the victory, 176;

Lawrence applies for the command of, 197;

laid up at Boston, iii. 241;

goes to sea again, 242;

captures the war-schooner Picton, ib.;

falls in with the British frigate La Pique, ib.;

the British ship runs away, 243;

is chased by the Junon and Tenedos, 244;

returns to Boston, 245;

captures the Lord Nelson, ib.;

chases the Elizabeth and captures the Susan, ib.;

is chased by the Elizabeth and Tiber, 246;

fight with the Cyane and Levant, 247–256;

sails to Porto Praya, 260;

attacked by three British frigates, 261;

her fighting days over, 268;

plan of, iv. 537.

Continental Congress, effect on the, of the British vengeance on Portland, i. 26.

Continental Naval Board, i. 158.

Contraband trade in the Civil War, iv. 48–52.

Cooke, Captain. See Albemarle.

Coquette, American merchant schooner, plundered by the Porto Rico privateer Palmira, iii. 332.

Cornwallis, Lieutenant-general Lord, released from imprisonment in exchange for Henry Laurens, iv. 154.

Corpus Christi, Texas, captured by Farragut, iv. 357.

Cossack, Federal transport, iv. 478.

Cottineau, Captain Denis Nicholas, i. 232.

Cotton-mills of the world shut down during the War of the Rebellion, iv. 47.

Countess of Scarborough attacks Paul Jones’s fleet off Flamborough Head, i. 243;

surrender to the Pallas, 267.

Couronne, French ironclad, witnesses the Alabama-Kearsarge fight, iv. 438.

Couthouy, Lieutenant S. P., iv. 369.

Cox, William, midshipman on the Chesapeake, ii. 206.

Coxetter, Captain Louis M., iv. 91–93.

Craighead’s Point, shells thrown into Fort Pillow from, iv. 290.

Craney Island, Captain Tattnall fires and blows up the Merrimac on, iv. 236–237.

Craven, Captain Thomas Tunis, iv. 314;

sinks with his ship, 394.

Craven, Commander T. A. M., iv. 386.

Crawford, William H., American minister to France, ii. 361.

Cricket, Federal gun-boat, iv. 370.

Crosby, Lieutenant Pierce, iv. 315.

Crown Point, retreat of Benedict Arnold to, i. 103;

account of the roads and distances to, from New York, 109.

Crowninshield, George, Jr., privateersman, brings home the bodies of Captain Lawrence and Lieutenant Ludlow, ii. 225.

Croyable, French gun-ship, captured off the Delaware, and renamed the Retaliation, i. 316, 400.

Cruisers, Confederate, tales of the, iv. 407–451.

Cuba, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Cumberland, Federal sailing sloop-of-war, opens fire on the ironclad Merrimac, iv. 200;

is rammed by the Merrimac, 201;

in a sinking condition, 202;

continues firing as she goes down, 203.

Cumberland Head, Plattsburg Bay, Macdonough’s squadron at, iii. 149.

Dabney, John B., American consul at Fayal, iii. 187;

his report on the fight between the Carnation and the General Armstrong, 195, 196, 198–201.

Dacres, Captain James Richard, ii. 55;

surrenders to Captain Hull, 94.

Dahlgren, Rear-admiral John Adolph, his smooth-bore gun introduced, iv. 489.

Dahlgren, Admiral John A. B., relieves Dupont of his command, iv. 489.

Dale, Commodore Richard, master’s mate on Lexington, i. 68;

escape of, from English prison, 123;

joins Paul Jones’s fleet, 230;

resourceful conduct of, 256, 260–262;

wounded, 266;

gallant conduct on the Trumbull, 295–297;

placed in command of squadron in the Mediterranean, 334.

Dartmoor Prison, Rev. Joseph Bates imprisoned in, iii. 294.

Dartmouth, merchant-ship, tea thrown from, in Boston Harbor, i. 13.

Dash, privateer of Baltimore, captures schooner Whiting in Chesapeake Bay, ii. 241.

Dauphin, American ship, captured by Algerian pirates, i. 309.

Dauphin Island, Mobile, iv. 379;

Federal troops landed on, 385.

“Davids,” torpedo boats, first used at Charleston, iv. 497;

derivation of name, 498.

Davis, Captain Charles, relieves Commodore Foote, iv. 289;

his inactivity, 293.

Davis, Captain Charles H., replaces the buoys at Port Royal, iv. 171.

Davis, Jefferson, proclamation inviting applications for letters of marque, iv. 85.

Davis, Gunner’s Mate John, heroism of, iv. 110;

promoted and honored, 111.

Davyson, Captain Thomas, surrenders to the Providence, i. 282, 283.

Dead Sea, exploration of the, iii. 464.

Deane, American frigate, with the Boston, captures six prizes, i. 284, 287.

Deane, Silas, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36;

American commissioner to France with Franklin, i. 117.

De Camp, Commander John, iv. 314.

Decatur, American privateer, throws her guns overboard, ii. 75.

Decatur, Lieutenant James, in the attack on the city of Tripoli, i. 361;

killed by the Tripolitans, 362.

Decatur, Lieutenant Stephen, Jr., i. 346;

captures the Mastico, ib.;

sails on the Mastico to set fire to the Philadelphia, 348–361;

made a captain, 358;

in the attack on the city of Tripoli, 361;

his encounter with a Tripolitan captain, 363, 364;

falls in with the British ships Eurydice and Atalanta, ii. 16;

cruises in the Azores in the United States, 121;

encounters the Macedonian, 122;

fights the second frigate battle of the War of 1812, 125–134;

his personal direction of the guns, 128;

surrender of the British frigate, 133;

ball given to Decatur and his officers in New York, 149;

gold medal given by Congress to, 150;

transferred to the President, iii. 212;

ordered to cruise in the East Indies, 215;

chased by the British fleet, 216;

lightens his ship, 217;

addresses his crew, 218;

attempts to retreat, 221;

ordered to cruise in the South Atlantic, 271;

his duelling experiences, 307–315;

his fatal duel with Commodore Barron, 318–321;

his death, 322;

a squadron under his command sent to Africa, 343;

his treaty with the Dey, 347–355;

compels the Dey to pay indemnity, 355;

goes to Tripoli and compels the Bashaw to settle, 357.

Deerhound, English yacht, witnesses the Alabama-Kearsarge fight off Cherbourg, France, iv. 438;

assists in picking up the crew of the Alabama, 441.

Defence, Connecticut cruiser, captures two transports, i. 203, 204.

Defiance, Confederate ironclad, abandoned by her crew at New Orleans, iv. 337.

De Gama, Saldanha, Brazilian rebel admiral, iv. 548.

De Kalb, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, first called the St. Louis, iv. 245;

takes part in capture of Arkansas Post, iv. 351.

Delaware, United States frigate, i. 316.

Demologos, Fulton’s first steam war-ship, iv. 4, 11.

Desertions from British ships, i. 394.

De Soto, Federal boat, added to Ellet’s command, iv. 351;

burned, 352.

Detroit, American brig, captured by the British, ii. 274;

recaptured by Lieutenant Elliott, 276;

runs aground on Squaw Island, 278;

British again capture her, ib.;

the Americans destroy her, 279.

Detroit, United States cruiser, at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548;

fires on the Guanabara, 553.

Diadem, British frigate, strength and armament of, iv. 23.

Diamond Reef, near Cape Hatteras, iv. 165.

Dickenson, Captain James, attacks the Hornet, iii. 273;

is killed in the fight, 276.

Diligence, British schooner, sent to capture Captain Jeremiah O’Brien, i. 23.

Diligent, English brig, surrenders to the Providence, i. 282, 283.

Discipline on board American frigate Constellation, i. 322.

Discord fomented by England between the States of the Union, i. 384.

Divided We Fall, American privateer, ii. 253.

Dixie, Confederate privateer, iv. 93.

Dolphin, American cutter, purchased by Franklin and other commissioners, i. 117.

Dolphin, American privateer, ii. 242.

Dolphin, United States cruiser, iv. 531.

Donaldson, Commander Edward, iv. 389;

of the Sciota, 315.

“Don’t tread on me,” the significant motto, i. 2, 46.

Douglas, Hon. Captain George, iii. 247;

surrenders, 255.

Douglas, Lord Howard, his views on armor-clad ships, iv. 198.

Downes, Lieutenant John, sent on a cruise in the Georgiana, iii. 10;

captures by, 10, 11;

in the Essex-Phœbe fight, 28;

is appointed to command the Epervier, 1815, 343;

attacks and overpowers the Malays at Quallah Battoo, 373, 374.

Downes, Commander John, iv. 480.

Downie, Captain George, iii. 144, 145;

at the battle of Lake Champlain, 153, 154;

killed, 165.

Drayton, Captain Percival, at Port Royal, iv. 163;

Captain of the Hartford, 386;

of the Passaic, 480.

Drayton, General Thomas F., at Port Royal, iv. 170.

Druid, British brig, attacked by the Raleigh, i. 131, 132.

Drummond, British gun-boat, iii. 143.

Drummond, British schooner, captured by Chauncey at Lake George, ii. 353.

Drunkenness and debauchery promoted by gun-boats, ii. 394.

D. Trowbridge, Federal merchant-ship, captured by the Sumter, iv. 415.

Dublin, British frigate, cruises off Callas, iii. 389.

Duc de Lauzan, American frigate, i. 287, 299.

Duckworth, Admiral Sir John T., on the cartel of the Alert, ii. 47.

Duddingstone, Lieutenant William, i. 4;

shot, 10.

Duelling in the American Navy, iii. 305–323;

at Gibraltar, 313, 314.

Duke of Gloucester, British ship captured by Americans at Toronto, burned at the attack on Fort George, ii. 346.

Dummy monitor sent adrift by Porter’s men, iv. 357.

Dunmore, Lord, in Chesapeake Bay, i. 35.

Dunovant, Colonel R. M., at Fort Beauregard, iv. 170.

Dupont, Commander Samuel Francis, spikes the guns of San Blas, iii. 402;

takes command of a fleet to take possession of Port Royal, iv. 163.

Dynamite cruisers, construction of, iv. 542.

Eads, James B., ship-builder, takes a contract to build seven ironclad gun-boats, iv. 242–244;

construction of, described, 245, 246;

Eads and Ericsson, 244.

Eagle, American sloop, in Macdonough’s squadron, ii. 354;

sunk by the British in the Sorel River, 355.

Eagle, American sloop, iii. 136, 138.

Earle, Commodore, attempts to capture the Oneida and destroy Sackett’s Harbor, ii. 266, 268.

Eastport, Confederate river steamer, captured by Lieutenant Phelps, iv. 267.

Eastport, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369.

Eben Dodge, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Eclipse, American merchant-ship, attacked and looted by Malays, iii. 374–376.

Edinburgh Review on the treatment of America by Great Britain, i. 384.

Edwin, American merchant-brig, captured by the Dey of Algiers, iii. 341, 351.

Effingham, American frigate, sunk, i. 188.

Eliza, merchant-schooner, David Porter’s first ship, ii. 33.

Elizabeth, British schooner, captured by Porter, iii. 4.

Ellet, Colonel Charles, Jr., converts seven river steamers into rams on the Ohio River, iv. 298;

his part in the attack on Fort Pillow, 301.

Ellet, Colonel Charles R., sent by Porter to control the Mississippi between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, iv. 351.

Elliott, Lieutenant Jesse D., sent to Buffalo to purchase vessels, ii. 273;

capture of the Detroit, 276, 278, 279;

in command of the Niagara, 292;

brings up the gun-boats, 322;

criticized for inactivity, 335, 336;

acts as second to Commodore Barron in his duel with Decatur, iii. 319;

commands the Ontario in an expedition against the Dey of Algiers in 1815, 343.

Elliptical route plan condemned by Admiral Porter, iv. 101.

Emily St. Pierre, British merchant-ship, seized by United States cruiser James Adger, iv. 58;

recaptured by her captain, ib.

Enchantress, merchant-schooner, captured by Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis, iv. 91.

Endymion, British frigate, attacks the Prince de Neufchâtel, American privateer, iii. 202;

is defeated, 203;

assists in the capture of the President, 222.

England, greed of, in dealings with her colonies, i. 4;

tries to crush the new republic, 314.

English Navy of 1812 in American waters, ii. 25.

English officers offended by names given to Yankee ships, iii. 313.

English seaman in 1812, ii. 25.

Ensign, naval, first American, i. 46.

Enterprise, American brig, sent to South America to put down piracy, iii. 331.

Enterprise, American schooner, captures the French privateer Seine, i. 330;

sent to Tripoli in charge of Lieutenant Andrew Sterrett, 335;

battle with the war polacre Tripoli, 335;

the luckiest, naval ship of the War of 1812, ii. 372;

captures eight privateers, 373;

cruises in the Mediterranean, ib.;

captures the Tripoli and the ketch Mastico, ib.;

changed to a brig and overloaded with guns, 374;

drives off English privateers under command of Master-commandant Johnston Blakely, 375;

Lieutenant William Burrows takes charge of her, ib.;

cruises for privateers, ib.;

encounters the Boxer, ib.;

her commander wounded, and Lieutenant McCall takes his place, 377, 378;

the Boxer surrenders, 379;

after the battle Master-commandant James Renshaw appointed to command, 386;

cruises off the southern coast, ib.;

escapes from a British frigate, ib.;

employed as harbor guard, 387.

Enterprise, American sloop, i. 89.

Epervier, British brig-sloop, captured by the Peacock, iii. 66–71;

taken into Savannah by Lieutenant John B. Nicholson, 76–78.

Epervier, American ship, lost at sea, iii. 354.

Era, Confederate steamer, captured by Federal fleet, iv. 352.

Erben, Captain Henry, at Fort Pillow, iv. 289.

Ericsson, a name given to the first monitor, iv. 215.

Ericsson, John, Swedish engineer, his screw propeller, iv. 10;

his boat the Francis B. Ogden, ib.;

induced to come to America, 11;

plans the first screw steamship, 12;

Naval Board makes a contract with, for the Monitor, 191.

Erie, Pa., chosen as base of operations for gaining control of Lake Erie, ii. 282;

ship-building at, 286.

Espiègle, British war-brig, chased by Captain Lawrence of the Hornet, ii. 181;

again chased after sinking the Peacock, 190.

Essex, American frigate, sent to Tripoli, i. 335.

Essex, American frigate, ii. 33;

first cruise in War of 1812, 34–50;

British frigate Minerva refuses to fight with, 39–41;

captures the Alert, 41–43;

crew of Alert plan a rescue, 44;

chased by the Shannon, 47;

Farragut’s account of the crew, 49;

begins her second cruise, Oct. 8, 1812, iii. 1;

cruises off Port Praya, 2;

captures the brig Nocton, 2, 3;

dysentery among the crew, 4;

panic on board, 6;

painted and disguised, 8;

captures British whalers, ib.;

refitted from the captured ships, 9;

captures the Atlantic and the Greenwich, ib.;

captures the Charlton, 13;

goes into the harbor of Nukahiva to refit, 18–21;

an incipient mutiny on, 21;

attacked by the Phœbe and Cherub, 24–43;

losses of, 44;

sent to England to be added to the British Navy, 48;

her captures, 52;

amount of damage done to the enemy, ib.

Essex, Federal armor-plated gun-boat, iv. 249;

in the battle of Port Henry, ib.;

disabled, 262;

Flag Officer Foote’s warning to his crews about wasting shot, 261;

Commander Robert Townsend, 369.

Essex Junior, formerly the British whaler Atlantic, iii. 12;

in the fight between the Phœbe and Cherub against the Essex, 33–43;

is disarmed and sent to New York, 49.

Estido, Algerian brig, captured near Cape Palos by the American Navy, iii. 348.

Eurydice, British frigate, ii. 16.

Evans, Surgeon Amos E., ii. 168.

Experiment, British frigate, captures the Raleigh, i. 194.

Experiment, American schooner, i. 330.

Exploring expeditions of the American Navy, iii. 464.

“Export powder,” an inferior quality of gunpowder, ii. 368.

Fair American, British brig, driven ashore by the Hyder Ali, i. 215.

Fairfax, Lieutenant D. M., takes Mason and Slidell off the Trent, iv. 144–146.

Fairfax, Commander D. M., iv. 480.

Falcon, Captain Thomas Gordon, chased by the Constitution, iii. 247;

surrenders, 252.

Falmouth (now called Portland), Maine, attacked by British, i. 24–26, 32.

Fame, privateer of Salem, ii. 241.

Fanny, successful blockade-runner, iv. 63.

Farragut, Commodore David Glasgow, midshipman on the Essex, ii. 40;

his wit saves a rescue of the Alert by her crew, 44;

his account of the crew of the Essex, 49;

as captain when only twelve years old, iii. 12, 13;

resumes his studies at Nukahiva, 19–21;

his account of the fight of the Essex with the Phœbe and Cherub, 40–42;

in his home at Norfolk, Va., 1862, awaiting orders, iv. 311;

a member of the Naval Retiring Board, 313;

suggested by Porter as a suitable commander of the New Orleans expedition, 313;

accepts the position, 314;

ships in his squadron, 314, 315;

disguises his ships, 317;

advances past the barriers, 324–330;

demands surrender of New Orleans from Mayor Monroe, 338;

pressed by the Administration to open up the Mississippi, 341;

his bold cruise practically fruitless, 342;

his fortune in the Gulf of Mexico, 357;

runs his squadron past the works of Port Hudson, ib.;

captures Galveston and Corpus Christi, ib.;

losses in his fleet, 358;

watches Confederates strengthen their works at Mobile, 384;

moves his fleet up to Fort Morgan, 389;

commences the battle, 392;

disregards the torpedoes, 396;

lashed to the mast, ib.;

wins the battle when the Tennessee surrenders, 403;

in his report gives special praise to members of his fleet, ib.;

his place in history, 465.

Faunce, Captain John, iv. 99.

Federal Government, its great aim to strangle and starve the Confederates, iv. 239.

Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, Porter visits and communicates with Bainbridge at, iii. 3;

Captain Semmes allowed to make his headquarters there, iv. 527.

Ferryboats as successful naval ships, iv. 37.

Finch, British gun-boat, iii. 143;

disabled in the battle of Lake Champlain, 161.

Fingal, Scotch iron steamer, erected into a Confederate ironclad, iv. 486;

renamed the Atlanta, 488.

Fitch, Colonel, attacks Charles City, Ark., iv. 307;

storms and captures it, 308.

Flag. See American Flag.

Flag, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad Palmetto State, iv. 474.

Flambeau, French privateer, captured by the Enterprise, ii. 373.

Flamborough Head, naval fight between the Serapis and Bonhomme Richard near, i: 243.

Flannen Islands, the Alliance, of Paul Jones’s fleet, captures a valuable prize off the coast of, i. 236.

Flores, General José Maria, paroled by Commodore Stockton, iii. 397;

breaks his parole, ib.

Florida, Confederate cruiser built at Liverpool, iv. 416;

her first voyages, 417;

Captain John Newland Maffitt appointed to command of, 418;

is fired at by Captain Preble of the Winona, 419;

escapes, ib.;

blockaded by the Cuyler, 420;

runs the blockade, 423;

Captain Charles M. Morris appointed to command of, 424;

rammed by the Wachusett and taken to the United States, ib.;

scuttled at Newport News, 429.

Fly, schooner of first American Navy, i. 40.

Foote, Admiral Andrew Hull, Lieutenant on the American brig Perry, sent to Africa to assist in putting down the slave traffic, iii. 363;

his sincere desire to stop the traffic, 364;

captures the slave-ships Martha and Chatsworth, 364–366;

the “original prohibitionist of the navy,” 367;

is sent to Canton to protect American interests, 380;

is fired on by the Chinese forts, ib.;

bombards and captures the forts, 380, 381;

relieves Commander John Rodgers of his command on the Mississippi, iv. 250;

assembles a fleet at Paducah, 255;

inspects the crews, 256;

seeming insolence of Captain Walke to, 266;

joins the expedition to Fort Donelson, 268;

is seriously wounded, 271;

again, 272;

is relieved by Captain Charles H. Davis, 289.

Forest Queen, Federal army transport, in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, iv. 364.

Fort Beauregard, on Bay Point, Charleston, S. C., Confederate fort at Port Royal, iv. 169, 467.

Fort Donelson, strength of, iv. 268;

arrival of the Carondelet, ib.;

the St. Louis, Louisville, and Pittsburg arrive before, 271;

all three ships disabled, ib.;

the fleet at a disadvantage, 272;

surrendered to General Grant, ib.

Fort Erie, the Coney Island of Buffalo, ii. 273.

Fort Fisher, N. C., capture of, iv. 503–518;

fortifications of, 505;

General Butler’s plan of capture, 508–514;

garrison of, 514.

Fort Gaines shelled by Federal gun-boat Chickasaw, iv. 405.

Fort George attacked by the Americans under Winfield Scott, ii. 342–344;

Scott hauls down the British flag, 344.

Fort Gregg, Charleston, S. C., iv. 467.

Fort Henry, Tennessee River, Foote assembles a fleet at Paducah to attack, iv. 255;

troops under Grant proceed up the river, ib.;

storm clears the river of torpedoes, 256;

attacked by Foote’s fleet, 261–266;

a victory for the gun-boats, 266;

its importance to both armies, ib.

Fort Hindman, Federal gun-boat, iv. 370.

Fort Jackson, Confederate fortification on the Mississippi, iv. 318;

bombardment of, 322–324;

surrendered to Porter, 339.

Fort Johnson, Charleston, S. C., iv. 467.

Fort Morgan, iv. 385, 386, 389.

Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., iv. 467.

Fort Pillow, Federal fleet advances to, iv. 289;

evacuated by Confederates, 298.

Fort Pinckney, Charleston, S. C., iv. 467.

Fort Ripley, Charleston, S. C., iv. 467.

Fort Sumter, five monitors open fire on, iv. 491;

bombarded and reduced to a wreck, 493.

Fort Wagner, Charleston, S. C., iv. 467, 469, 490.

Fort Walker, on Hilton Head, Confederate fort at Port Royal, iv. 169.

Fortress Monroe, the Monitor retires to, after the fight with the Merrimac, iv. 226.

Forward, American schooner, in attack on Alvarado, iii. 410.

Forward, filibuster craft, cut out by Lieutenant Brownson of the United States frigate Mohican, iv. 553.

Foster, Lieutenant-commander J. P., iv. 369.

Foster, General John G., Captain Flusser appeals to him to go and burn the Confederate ironclad Albemarle, iv. 454.

Fox, Augustus V., appointed assistant to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, iv. 35.

Fox, Captain W. H. Cocke, iii. 333.

Foxardo affair, the unfortunate, iii. 337, 338.

France, United States Government abrogates all treaties with, July 7, 1798, i. 314.

Francis B. Ogden, Ericsson’s model boat, attains speed of ten miles an hour, iv. 10;

Captain Stockton makes a trip on, ib.

Franklin sails for France on the Reprisal, i. 114.

Franklin, Sir John, American expedition sent to search for the remains of, iii. 464.

Franklin, American schooner, captures ten vessels and Governor Wright of St. John’s, i. 203;

captures a quantity of war supplies, ib.

Freeborn, Federal steamer, at Acquia Creek, iv. 81.

“Free trade” before “sailors’ rights,” the motto of Washington politicians in 1812, ii. 18.

Freely, Confederate privateer, iv. 93.

Frémont, John C. (“the Pathfinder”), takes possession of San Diego, iii. 394;

commands in the Mississippi Valley, iv. 241.

French cruisers destroy American shipping, i. 314.

French troops enter Mexico, iv. 367.

Friendship, American ship, attacked and looted by natives of Sumatra, iii. 368.

Frolic, American sloop, built at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1814, iii. 64;

Master-commandant Joseph Bainbridge appointed to, 65:

sinks a Carthagenian privateer, ib.;

encounters the British frigate Orpheus and schooner Shelburne, ib.;

surrenders, 66.

Frolic, British brig, encountered by the Wasp, ii. 106;

captured by the Wasp, 107–112;

comparison between the ships, 116;

recaptured by the Poictiers, 118.

Frontier posts retained by England contrary to treaty, i. 383;

posts used as Indian headquarters, ib.

Fry, Captain Joseph, capture of, iv. 308;

captured and executed by the Spaniards in the Virginius expedition, ib.

Fulton ferryboat Somerset captures the blockade-runner Circassian off Havana, iv. 37.

Fulton, naval plans of, iv. 3, 4;

his first steam war-ship, the Demologos, 4;

report of commissioners appointed to examine her, 7, 8;

blown to pieces, 9.

Fulton 2d, launched in 1887, iv. 11.

Gadsden, Christopher, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36.

Gaines, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 380.

Galatea, British frigate, chased by the Congress and President, ii. 151.

Galena, Federal gun-boat, iv. 389.

Gallinipper, American barge, captures a pirate schooner, iii. 335.

Galveston, Texas, blockaded by the South Carolina, iv. 44;

bombarded by Captain James Alden of the Federal frigate South Carolina, 121;

the foreign consuls protest against the bombardment, 123;

captured by Farragut, 357;

is retaken by the Confederates, ib.

Gamble, Lieutenant Peter, killed in the battle of Lake Champlain, iii. 157.

Gaspé, captured by men armed with paving-stones, i. 9.

Gazelle, Federal gun-boat, iv. 370.

Geisinger, Midshipman David, placed in charge of the captured ship Atlanta, iii. 100.

General Armstrong, American privateer schooner, iii. 186;

owned by New York men, ib.;

under Captain Tim Barnard captures nineteen prizes, 187;

sails from New York under command of Captain Samuel C. Reid, ib.;

arrives at Fayal and encounters the Carnation, Plantagenet, and Rota, ib.;

is attacked by boats from the three ships, but beats them off, 189;

scuttled and abandoned by her crew, 200.

General Bragg, Confederate gun-boat, rams the Cincinnati at Fort Pillow, iv. 293;

raked by the Carondelet, 294;

surrenders, 302.

General Monk, British ship, attacked and captured by the Hyder Ali, i. 209–215.

General Pike, American ship, burned at the attack on Fort George, ii. 346.

General Price, Federal ram, in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, iv. 364.

General Rusk, Confederate steamer, blockaded in Galveston by the Federal frigate Santee, iv. 137.

Georgiana, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 8.

Gerdes, F. H., Federal coast surveyor at New Orleans, iv. 322.

German troops hired by England to fight in America, i. 32.

Ghent, terms and conditions of the treaty of, iii. 209.

Gherardi, Commander Bancroft, iv. 389.

Gibraltar, formerly the Sumter. See Sumter.

Gibraltar, duels between American and English officers at, iii. 311–313.

Gillis, Captain John P., iv. 99;

of the Seminole at Port Royal, 163.

Glasgow, British sloop-of-war, fight with Commodore Hopkins’s American squadron, i. 59.

Globe, American privateer, ii. 250.

“God Save the King,” American sailors on British ships compelled to bare their heads when played, i. 394, iii. 291.

Godon, Captain S. W., at Port Royal, iv. 163.

Golden Rocket, captured by the Sumter, iv. 410.

Goldsborough, Flag Officer L. M., in charge of expedition sent against Roanoke Island, iv. 109;

in charge of a large fleet sent to ram the Merrimac, 235.

Gordon’s Landing, Red River, fort at, attacked by Ellet, iv. 352.

Gorringe, Master H. H., iv. 370.

Governor, Federal transport, sinks off Cape Hatteras, iv. 166.

Governor Tompkins, American privateer, ii. 253.

Governor Tryon, British sloop, attacked by and strikes to the American privateer Thorn, i. 209.

Grampus, American schooner, in fleet sent to punish pirates in South America, iii. 331;

captures the Pandrita, 332.

Grand Gulf, Porter attacks fortifications of, and finds them evacuated, iv. 367;

Grant makes it his base of supplies, ib.

Grant, General Ulysses Simpson, attempts to dislodge Confederates below Cairo, iv. 251;

attacks the Confederates at Belmont, 251, 252;

proceeds up the Tennessee, to attack Fort Henry, 255;

muddy roads prevents his taking part in the capture of the fort, 266;

at Fort Donelson, 268;

Captain Walker diverts the Confederates’ attention from him, 271;

Confederates surrender to him, 272;

fight with Confederates at Pittsburg Landing, 284;

arrives before Vicksburg, 351;

goes to New Carthage to surround Vicksburg, 363;

makes Grand Gulf his base of supplies, 367.

Granville, French privateer, in the fleet of Paul Jones, i. 234.

Graves, Admiral, destroys Portland, Maine, i. 24–26.

Grease as a protection on armor-plated ships, iv. 10.

Great Britain, sea-power of, in 1812, ii. 22;

European nations dread the power of, 23.

Greene, Lieutenant Charles H., iv. 386.

Greene, Captain P. B., blockaded in Bahia Harbor, ii. 179;

refuses Lawrence’s challenge, ib.;

cowardice of, 180;

rescued by the Montagu, ib.

Greene, Lieutenant S. D., executive officer of the Monitor, iv. 216;

takes charge of the guns in the turret, 219, 220;

takes command after Worden is disabled, 226;

his statement, 229, 230;

orders regarding the Merrimac, 235.

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N. Y., the Monitor constructed at, iv. 192.

Greenwich, British letter-of-marque whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 9.

Greer, Lieutenant-commander James A., before Vicksburg, iv. 363, 369.

Greyhound, Captain John Porter, iii. 333.

Growler, American schooner, captured by the British, ii. 351;

recaptured by the Americans, 351.

Growler, American sloop, in Macdonough’s squadron, ii. 354;

grounded in the Sorel River, 355.

Growler, American sloop, iii. 135, 138.

Guanabara, Brazilian rebel warship at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548;

fired on by the United States cruiser Detroit, 553.

Guerrière, American frigate, built in 1814, iii. 64;

Decatur’s flagship in expedition sent against the Dey of Algiers, 346, 347.

Guerrière, British frigate, picking sailors from American ships, ii. 6;

flees from an inferior force, 7;

stops the Spitfire, and takes off John Deguyo, an American citizen, ib.;

race with the Constitution, 55;

Captain Dacres in charge of, 55–60;

fight with the Constitution, 76–95;

surrendered and blown up, 95.

Gun-boats, the ideal navy, ii. 388;

description and build of, 389;

arguments in favor of, 390;

cheapness of, 392;

points against, ib.;

cost of, 393;

difficulty of getting unanimity of captains in battle, 394;

lack of discipline on gun-boats, ib.;

use of, in Long Island Sound, 395;

first encounter with gun-boats, ib.;

uselessness again shown, 416.

Gunners of 1812 and 1861 compared, iv. 419.

Gunpowder, expedients for getting, by the United Colonies, i. 28.

Guns, penetrating power of long and short, iii. 142;

improvements made in, iv. 18–23.

Gwin, Lieutenant, supports Grant at Pittsburg Landing, iv. 284.

Hacker, Captain Hoysted, i. 79, 282, 283.

Haggerty, Captain F. L., at Port Royal, iv. 163.

Halifax, British war-ship, i. 406, 407.

Hallock, Captain William, i. 66.

Hambleton, Purser on the Lawrence in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 317.

Hamilton, American schooner, ii. 350.

Hamilton, Schuyler, suggests cutting through the trees of swamp from the Mississippi to New Madrid, iv. 281.

Hampton Roads, the first point blockaded in the Civil War, iv. 40;

Keystone State blockades, 45.

Hanchett, Captain, ii. 398.

Handy, Captain Robert, misunderstands signals, iv. 133, 134;

letter to Captain Pope, showing his fear of the Manassas, 136.

Hannah, a Providence packet, chased by the Gaspé, i. 5.

Harding, Captain Seth, surrenders to the Orpheus and Roebuck, i. 298.

Harriet Lane, American revenue cutter, used as a war-ship, iv. 42;

Captain John Faunce, 99.

Harriet Lane, Federal frigate, captured in the Gulf of Mexico, iv. 357.

Harrison, Lieutenant Napoleon B., iv. 314.

Hartford, United States screw sloop, built, iv. 16;

flagship of Captain Farragut, 314;

set on fire by Confederate fire-raft, 329;

passes the batteries at Port Hudson, 358;

flagship of Rear-admiral Farragut, 386.

Hatteras, Cape, battle between the Wasp and the Frolic in the tail of a gale off, ii. 107.

Hatteras, Fort, captured by Federal forces, iv. 106;

the first Union victory in the War of Secession, ib.

Hatteras hurricane, a fleet of transports in a, iv. 166.

Hatteras Inlet, N. C., resort of the “Hatteras Pirates,” iv. 97.

Hatteras, merchant-steamer, captured and sunk by the Alabama at Galveston, iv. 432.

Hawke, American tender, captured by British off Long Island, i. 56.

Hawkins, Captain Richard, refuses to fight the Essex, ii. 39–41;

branded as a coward, 40.

Haymakers, Machias, attack of the, on the Margaretta, i. 21.

Haymakers and wood-choppers as Yankee seamen, iii. 82, 83, 86, 90, 95.

Hazard, American privateer, captured the British brig Active, i. 206.

Hazard, Captain, in the first naval battle of the Revolution, i. 57.

Hebrus, British frigate, ii. 420.

Hector, British letter-of-marque ship, captured by Lieutenant Downes, iii. 10.

Heddart, Captain Francis, extracts from his account of the Serapis-Bonhomme Richard battle, i. 245, 257.

Henley, Midshipman John D., assists in the attack on the city of Tripoli, i. 366.

Henry Clay, Federal army transport, in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, iv. 364;

catches fire and sinks, ib.

Hewes, Joseph, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36.

Hibernia, British transport, captured by Captain Hopkins, i. 281.

Hickman, on the Mississippi, evacuated by the Confederates, iv. 275.

Highflyer, British schooner, Captain Rodgers succeeds in getting private signals from, ii. 23, 358.

Hillyar, Captain James, in the harbor of Valparaiso, iii. 25;

attempts to attack the Essex, but is scared off, 26;

attacks the Essex in company with the Cherub, 30–43;

criticism on handling his ship, 46.

Hilton Head. See Fort Walker.

Hinman, Captain Elisha, i. 66;

sent to France for army supplies, 130;

his ship captured by the British, 133.

Hislop, Lieutenant-general, Governor of Bombay, on board the Java in her fight with the Constitution, ii. 168;

Captain Bainbridge’s curious dream of, 172, 173.

Hoel, Lieutenant W. R., iv. 363, 370.

Hoffman, Lieutenant B. V., sent to take charge of the Cyane when she surrendered, iii. 252.

Hoke, General, advances on Plymouth, N. C., and captures it, iv. 455, 456.

Holdup, Thomas, in the battle of Lake Erie, chases and captures the Chippewa and Little Belt, ii. 326.

Holland, torpedo boat, launching of, iv. 543.

Holland, John P., inventor of submarine torpedo boats, iv. 542.

Honor, American Medal of, origin of, iv. 111.

Hope, Lieutenant David, horrible cruelty of, to sailors, i. 389;

wounded on the Macedonian, ii. 140;

his report on gunnery practice, 143.

Hopkins, Esek, Commander-in-chief of first American fleet, i. 42;

career of, 48;

dismissed from the service, 61;

dies near Providence, R. I., ib.

Hopkins, Captain John Burrows, in command of the Cabot, i. 57.

Hopkins, Commodore Robert, receives his appointment through influence of John Adams, i. 49;

sent to Chesapeake Bay in search of Lord Dunmore, 53;

goes to the Bahamas instead and attacks the British there, ib.

Hopkins, Stephen, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36.

Hornet, sloop of first American Navy, i. 40.

Hornet, American sloop-of-war, blockades the British warship Bonne Citoyenne in Bahia Harbor, ii. 179;

raises the blockade on the approach of the Montagu, 180;

captures the Resolution, 181;

falls in with the Peacock, ib.;

fight with the Peacock, 182–184;

encounters the Penguin, iii. 273;

the Penguin surrenders, 274–280;

the Hornet chased by the Cornwallis, but escapes, 282–284;

Captain Robert Henley appointed to command, 330;

detailed to South America to destroy pirates, 331.

Horses, wild, as weapons of offence, iii. 401.

Housatonic, Federal war-ship, attacked by the Confederate ironclad Palmetto State, iv. 474.

Howard, Lieutenant Samuel, iv. 370.

Howe, Captain Tyringham, i. 59.

Huger, Captain Thomas B., at New Orleans, iv. 321;

mortally wounded, 332.

Hull, Lieutenant Isaac, cuts the privateer Sandwich out of Puerto Plata, i. 329;

tricky conduct of the officers of two British frigates to, ii. 15;

the frigates turn and retreat, 16;

his opinion of the crew of the Constitution, 52;

his escape from a British squadron, after standing at his post for two days, 53–69;

race with the Guerrière, 55;

fight with and capture of the Guerrière, 76–95;

reception on returning to Boston, 101;

Congress votes a gold medal to, 103.

Humphreys, Joshua, American ship-builder, statement of, in regard to new ships, i. 311;

his theories accepted, 312.

Hunt, William H., Secretary of the Navy, appoints a board of naval officers, with Rear-admiral Rodgers at its head, iv. 527.

Hunter, American ship, captured by the Peacock, ii. 191;

taken in charge by the Hornet, ib.

Hunter, British ship, attacked by privateers, i. 200.

Hunter, British brig, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 296.

Hussar, Austrian war-ship, Martin Koszta, an American citizen taken and detained on, iii. 385;

on demand of Captain Ingraham of the St. Louis is given up, ib.

Hutter, Midshipman, killed while assisting the Union wounded out of the Congress, iv. 209.

Hyder Ali, American privateer, Captain Joshua Barney, attacks and captures the General Monk, i. 212–215.

Illinois, United States battle-ship, iv. 534, 536.

Impressment, feeling of American seamen regarding the practice of, ii. 18.

Independence, American privateer, Commander Thomas Truxton, cuts out three big ships from the British fleet, i. 205.

Indian Chief, Confederate ship, iv. 499.

Indiana, United States battle-ship, iv. 534.

Indianola, Federal armored gun-boat, in attack on Port Hudson, iv. 352;

captured and sunk by the Confederates, ib.

Indians, friendship of, cultivated by England to injure United States, i. 383;

incited by British to attack pioneers, ib.

Ingraham, Captain Duncan Nathaniel, demands the surrender of Martin Koszta, an American citizen detained on the Austrian war-ship Hussar, iii. 385;

medal presented to him by Congress, 386.

Inland navy an imperative necessity to reach the heart of the Confederacy, iv. 241.

Inman, Lieutenant William, chases and captures a pirate schooner, iii. 335.

Insurgent, French frigate, Captain Barreaut, captures the American ship Retaliation, i. 316;

battle with the Constellation, 320–322;

surrenders, 321;

lost at sea, 330.

International law, a question of violation of, iv. 160.

Intrepid, formerly the Mastico, used as a fire-ship at the attack on Tripoli, i. 371;

explodes, 378.

Investigator, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Iowa, United States battle-ship, iv. 534, 536.

Ironclad warfare, superior activity of the Confederates in preparing for, iv. 184.

Ironclads, the Confederate Government the first to construct, iv. 185;

the Merrimac launched, 188;

Congress makes appropriation for construction of, 190;

dilatory action of Naval Board in making contracts for, 191;

first battle between, 220.

Iroquois, United States screw sloop, built, iv. 16.

Iroquois, Federal screw corvette, iv. 314.

Irving, Washington, on Perry’s victory on Lake Erie, ii. 338.

Isaac Smith, Federal war-ship, in the Port Royal fleet, iv. 164.

Island No. 10, strongly fortified by the Confederates, iv. 275;

Foote’s flotilla arrives in front of, 276;

capture of, delayed two weeks by Foote, 281;

Captain Walke successfully runs the gauntlet of batteries on, 282, 283;

the island captured, 283, 289;

has disappeared under action of the current, 284.

Isle-aux-Noix, British fort at, iii. 136, 139.

Isle St. Mary, Paul Jones lands on and surrounds the house of the Earl of Selkirk, i. 147, 148.

Itasca, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 314;

breaks down barriers placed across the Mississippi, 323;

Lieutenant-commander George Brown, 389.

Ivy, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 127.

James, Reuben, seaman, saves Decatur’s life, i. 364.

James Adger, American cruiser, captures the Emily St. Pierre, iv. 58;

the latter recaptured, ib.

Jamestown, Confederate warship, captures several prizes in sight of the Monitor, iv. 235.

Japan, condition of, in the sixteenth century, iii. 438;

experience with Christianity, ib.;

Dutch trading at Nagasaki, ib.;

introduction of Western civilization by the American fleet, 439;

Commodore M. C. Perry’s work in opening the ports of Japan, ib.;

appointed to the Japan mission, 443;

Commodore Perry’s exhibition of power and dignity wins the respect of, 444.

Jason, British transport, captured by Captain Hopkins, i. 281.

Java, British frigate, fight with the Constitution off the coast of Brazil, 155–173;

poor gunnery of, 157;

a complete wreck in sixty-five minutes, 162;

losses of, 169.

Jefferson, American brig, iii. 113.

Jefferson Davis, Confederate privateer, captures the John Welsh, Enchantress, S. J. Waring, iv. 91;

Mary Goodell and Mary E. Thompson, 92;

runs aground at St. Augustine and is lost, 93.

Jenkins, Captain Thornton A., iv. 386.

Jersey, the notorious prison-ship, sketch of, i. 221–226.

John Adams, Perry’s flagship on his cruise to South America, iii. 327.

John Welsh, merchant-brig, captured by Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis, iv. 91.

Johnson, Captain Henry, in charge of brig Lexington, sent to Europe, i. 117.

Johnson, Captain J. D., succeeds Admiral Buchanan on the Tennessee, iv. 402;

surrenders his ship to Captain Le Roy, of the Federal steamer Ossipee, 403.

Jones, Captain Jacob, encounters the Frolic in a gale, ii. 106;

captures the Frolic, 107–117;

surrenders the Wasp and the Frolic to the frigate Poictiers, 118, 119;

rewarded with a gold medal from Congress, 119;

given command of the frigate Macedonian, 119, 143.

Jones, American brig, iii. 113.

Jones, John Paul, first independent command of, i. 64;

promoted to rank of captain, 73;

fight with the Solebay, 73–76;

outsails the British frigate Milford, 77;

sails into Canso Harbor, ib.;

in Newport Harbor, 78;

in command of flagship Alfred, 79;

passes through British squadron off Block Island, ib.;

captures brig Mellish, ib.;

encounters and captures coal fleet in Canso Harbor, 80;

captures a British privateer, ib.;

chased by the Milford, ib.;

arrives in Boston, 82;

ordered back to the brig Providence, 83;

bad treatment of, by Congress, ib.;

appointed to the gun-ship Ranger, 134;

sails to Nantes, 135;

reaches Quiberon Bay, 137;

sails from Brest to England, 138;

scuttles a merchant-brig, ib.;

seizes the Lord Chatham, ib.;

sails to Whitehaven, ib.;

attempts to capture the Drake, 140;

descends on Whitehaven, 141;

his crew takes an earl’s silver, 142;

attacks the house of the Earl of Selkirk, 147;

returns the silver taken by his crew, 151, 152;

second and successful attempt to capture the Drake, 152;

generosity of, 155;

fought for honor, 158;

inactivity of, in France, 228;

fits out the Bonhomme Richard, 229;

Congress arranges to give him a fleet, 232;

the Alliance, Pallas, and Vengeance put under his command, 232;

trouble with Captain Landais of the Alliance, 234;

his fleet sails from L’Orient augmented by the Monsieur and Granville, ib.;

captures a brigantine, 235;

Landais refuses to attend a council of officers, 237;

proposes to attack Leith, ib.;

delay and a windstorm prevent his landing, 240;

meets a fleet of merchantmen off Flamborough Head, 243;

the Serapis bears down to meet him, ib.;

attacks the Serapis, 245;

fight with the Serapis, 247–259;

character of, 265;

his account of events after the surrender, 269–272;

arrives at Texel, followed by a British squadron, 273;

flight of, 275;

made a hero of, at Paris, ib.;

sails to America in the Ariel, 277;

honors on his arrival, ib.;

denounced as a pirate by the British Government, ib.;

misrepresented by English writers, ib.;

his pride in being an American, 278.

Jones, Lieutenant Thomas ap Catesby, with a small flotilla, opposes the British fleet at New Orleans, iii. 232–238;

he is cut down and his small force eventually surrenders, 236, 237;

sent in command of a squadron to the Pacific coast, 388;

strikes the first blow in the Mexican War, 390;

lands at and takes possession of Monterey, ib.;

surrenders the town, ib.;

appointed chief officer on the Confederate ironclad Merrimac, iv. 188;

takes command after Captain Buchanan is wounded, 209;

returns with the Merrimac to Sewell’s Point, 213.

Joseph, British ship, captured by the Surprise, i. 124.

Joseph H. Toone, Federal schooner, iv. 129.

Joseph Maxwell, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Joseph Parke, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Jouett, Lieutenant James E., cuts out the Royal Yacht from Galveston Harbor, iv. 138, 139;

Lieutenant-commander of the Metacomet, 386.

Judah, Confederate privateer schooner, destroyed at Fort Pickens, iv. 120.

Julia, American schooner, ii. 268;

captured by the British, 351.

Junon, British frigate, becalmed in Hampton Roads, attacked by gun-boats, ii. 395;

chases the Constitution off Cape Ann, iii. 244.

J. W. Hewes, merchant-ship, captured by Confederate privateers, iv. 97.

Katahdin, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 315.

Kearny, Sailing-master Lawrence, attacks a party from the frigate Hebrus, ii. 420;

captures the tender of the frigate Severn, 421.

Kearny, Brigadier-general Stephen W., goes to the assistance of Commodore Stockton in Mexico, iii. 398;

is repulsed and wounded, ib.;

marches to San Diego, ib.

Kearsarge, American sloop-of-war, built, iv. 38.

Kearsarge, Federal armored frigate, meets the Alabama in Cherbourg Harbor, France, iv. 436;

comparison of their armament, 437;

description of the fight, 438–441;

the best gunnery of the Civil War, 441.

Kearsarge (new), United States battle-ship, iv. 534, 536.

Kedge anchor, use of, on the Essex, ii. 49.

Kedging, method of, described, ii. 58.

Kennebec, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 314;

Lieutenant-commander William P. McCann, 389.

Kennon, Captain Beverley, at New Orleans, iv. 321;

attacks the Varuna, 334;

surrenders, 335.

Kentucky, western, railroad communication with the East cut off from, iv. 267.

Keokuk, Federal monitor, at Charleston, iv. 483, 485.

Kerr, Captain Robert, attacks the Constitution at Porto Prayo, iii. 260.

Keystone State, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad Palmetto State, iv. 474.

Kidnapped sailors ill-fed and poorly paid on British ships, i. 387.

Kilty, Captain A. H., before Fort Pillow, iv. 289;

aids the Cincinnati, 294.

Kines, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 315, 358.

Kingston, Canada, chief naval and military post in 1812, ii. 265;

Commodore Chauncey attacks, 270.

Kirkcaldy, Scotland, anecdote of the parson of, on the approach of Paul Jones’s squadron, i. 238.

Koszta, Martin, an American citizen, taken by the Austrian authorities on board the war-ship Hussar, iii. 385.

Lackawanna, Federal gun-boat, iv. 389.

Lady Gore, British schooner, captured by Chauncey at Lake George, ii. 353.

Lady Prevost, British war-vessel, fired and destroyed by the Americans, ii. 279.

Lafayette, carried back to France in the Alliance, i. 232;

narrowly escapes capture, ib.

Lafayette, Federal gun-boat, in Porter’s fleet surrounding Vicksburg, iv. 363;

Lieutenant-commander J. P. Foster, 369.

Lake Erie, the battle of, ii. 309–325.

Lamb, Colonel William, commander of Fort Fisher, iv. 507.

Lambert, Captain Henry, surrenders to Captain Bainbridge of the Constitution, ii. 155–173;

his attempt to board the Constitution, 158;

mortally wounded, 165;

Captain Bainbridge returns his sword, 172.

Lambert, Jonathan, proprietor of the island of Tristan d’Acunha, a breeding resort for seals in the South Atlantic, iii. 270.

Lancaster, United States screw sloop, built, iv. 16.

Lancaster, Federal ram, sunk below Port Hudson, iv. 358.

Landais, Captain Pierre, placed in command of the Alliance by Congress, i. 232;

mutinous conduct of, 234;

fouls the Alliance with the Bonhomme Richard, ib.;

insolence of, 235;

captures a valuable prize, 236;

refuses to attend a council of officers, 237;

jealousy of, 241;

further insubordination of, 244;

fires into the Bonhomme Richard, 254;

treachery of, 267;

dismissed and settles in New York City, ib.

Langdon, John, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36.

Langthorne, Lieutenant A. R., iv. 370.

La Pique, British frigate, encounters the Constitution off Porto Rico, iii. 242.

Lardner, Captain J. L., commands the Susquehanna at Port Royal, iv. 163.

Laugharne, Captain Thomas L. P., surrenders to Porter, ii. 42.

Laurens, Henry, American Ambassador to Holland, is removed from the Mercury by the Captain of the British ship Vestal, and taken to St. Johns, Newfoundland, iv. 153;

taken to England and imprisoned in the Tower of London, 154;

exchanged for Lord Cornwallis, ib.;

his case parallel to the Trent affair, ib.

Lurestinus, British frigate, ii. 395.

Law, Lieutenant of British marines, fires at Lawrence and wounds him, ii. 213.

Lawrence, American brig, flagship of Commodore Perry, ii. 290;

in the battle of Lake Erie, 317;

Perry shifts his flag to the Niagara, 321;

sunk in Little Bay, 337.

Lawrence, Captain James, Midshipman on the Constitution, i. 348;

Captain of the Hornet, 403;

blockades the British warship Bonne Citoyenne in Bahia Harbor, ii. 179;

challenges Captain Greene, ib.;

compelled to raise the blockade, 180;

recaptures the William, 181;

captures the Resolution, ib.;

is chased by the Peacock, 182;

the Peacock is beaten, 183;

Lawrence fits his ship for another fight, 190;

chases the Espiègle, ib.;

put all hands on half rations and squares away for home, 191;

promoted to command the Chesapeake, 192;

sails out of Boston to meet the Shannon, 197;

has difficulty in getting a crew, 199;

is challenged by Captain Broke of the Shannon, 203;

sails out to meet the enemy, 204;

addresses his crew, 205;

mutinous spirit of his men, 206;

displays great skill in handling his ship, ib.;

the Chesapeake is damaged and begins to drift, 213;

Lawrence shot, ib.;

dies, 221;

interred in Trinity Churchyard, 225.

Lay, John L., devises a torpedo boat, iv. 458;

used by Lieutenant Cushing to destroy the Albemarle, 459–461.

Leander affair, the, i. 403, 404;

Captain Whitby court-martialed, 405.

Lear, Tobias, American Consul-general at Algiers 1812, iii. 340.

Lee, American galley, i. 89.

Lee, American schooner, i. 30, 197;

assists in capturing a British troop-ship, 203.

Lee, Captain F. D., Chief of Confederate torpedo corps, iv. 497.

Lee, Richard Henry, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36.

Lee, Rear-admiral S. Phillips, iv. 314;

in command of the Albemarle Station, 454.

Leopard and Chesapeake, affair of the, i. 40.

Le Roy, Commander William E., iv. 389.

Letter of marque and a privateer, difference between, iii. 242.

Levant, British sloop-of-war, chased by the Constitution, iii. 247;

surrenders, 255.

Lewis, Captain Jacob, made Commodore of the American fleet in New York Harbor, ii. 394.

Lexington, American brig, i. 63;

captured by British frigate Pearl, 66;

escapes, 68;

sent to Europe under Captain Johnson, 117;

captured by the cutter Alert, 119, 120;

fate of the crew of, 121, 122.

Lexington, merchant-vessel, purchased by Commander Rodgers for use in Federal Navy, iv. 241;

Captain Stembel appointed to command, 251.

Lexington, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369.

Lexington, battle of, i. 14.

Lincoln’s proclamation blockading the Southern ports, iv. 28–30.

Linnet, British brig, at the battle of Lake Champlain, iii. 138, 142, 166;

surrenders, ib.

Linzee, Captain, chased by the Gaspé, i. 5.

Little, Captain John, fights and captures the Berceau, i. 328.

Little Belt, British corvette, fires on the American frigate President, ii. 10;

in battle of Lake Erie, 297.

Little Falls, N. Y., Indian and Dutch traders at, ii. 263.

Little Rebel, sunk by the Federals at Fort Pillow, iv. 302.

Livermore, Parson Samuel, ii. 214.

Livingston, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 127.

Lloyd, Captain Robert, assists in the attack on the General Armstrong, iii. 194.

Lockyer, Captain, attacks Lieutenant Catesby Jones at New Orleans, iii. 235.

Lomax, Colonel, captures the Pensacola Navy Yard, iv. 112.

Lord Nelson, British merchantman, captured by the Oneida, ii. 265.

Los Angeles, Cal., captured from the Mexicans by Commodore Stockton, iii. 397;

recaptured, ib.;

retaken by the Americans, 401.

Lottery, American ship, captured, iii. 204.

Louisa Beaton, American brigantine, engaged in the African slave traffic, iii. 364.

Louisa Hatch, captured by the Alabama, iv. 427.

Louisa Kilham, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Louisiana, American schooner, in the attack on New Orleans, iii. 240;

used as a powder-boat to blow up Fort Fisher, iv. 510.

Louisville, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245;

disabled, 271;

in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, 363, 369.

Lowell, Confederate ship, sunk at Fort Pillow, iv. 301.

Lowry, Captain R. R., iv. 100.

Loyal Convert, British vessel, i. 90.

Ludlow, Lieutenant Augustus C., strives to get the crew in place, ii. 206;

mortally wounded, 210;

interred in Trinity Churchyard, 225.

Ludlow, American gun-boat, iii. 141.

Lynch, Confederate Commodore W. F., at Roanoke Island, iv. 109.

Lyons, Lord, British Minister to Washington, his instructions relative to the Trent affair, iv. 150–153.

McCall, Lieutenant Edward Rutley, in the Boxer fight, ii. 376;

takes command after Captain Burrows is disabled, 378;

the Boxer surrenders to him, 379.

McCann, Lieutenant William P., iv. 389.

McCauley, Commodore, disloyal conduct of, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, iv. 72–74.

McClellan, Federal transport, iv. 135.

McDonald, Lieutenant James, succeeds Captain Dickenson in command, iii. 276;

surrenders to Captain Biddle, 276–278.

Macdonough, Captain Thomas, i. 348;

in the attack on the city of Tripoli, 361;

sends the Growler and Eagle in pursuit of British gun-boats, iii. 136;

repairs to Vergennes, Vt., ib.;

in command of a squadron, 144, 145;

his careful preparations, 147–150;

his squadron assembled, 152;

an interested audience, ib.;

the battle opened with a prayer, 154;

a sporting rooster, 155;

Macdonough is knocked senseless, 161;

he cleverly winds his ship, 164;

wins the battle of Lake Champlain, 166;

casualties and losses of, in the battle, 174;

anecdote of, 179–181;

the Legislature of New York donates him land, 182;

the Legislature of Vermont presents him with a farm, ib.;

he is promoted, 183;

his victory served to bring the war to a close, 184.

Macedonian, British frigate, cruelty and flogging of sailors on, i. 389;

encounters the frigate United States, ii. 124;

battle with, 125–134;

a horrible scene of carnage, 134;

the crew breaks into the spirits-room, 136, 137;

American seamen found on board, 137, 138;

losses among the crew, 139;

the forces of the two ships, 140;

taken to New York, 148;

fitted for sea in the American service, 150.

Machias, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Machias haymakers, attack of the, on the Margaretta, i. 21.

McLane, American steamer, grounded before Alvarado, Mexico, iii. 410.

Macomb, Major-general Alexander, opposed to Sir George Prevost at Plattsburg, iii. 147, 169.

McRae, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 17.

McRae, Confederate cotton-clad steamer, iv. 321;

fight with the Federal steamer Iroquois, 332.

Madame Island, Paul Jones captured British vessels at, i. 78.

Madison, American privateer, ii. 245.

Madison, the flagship of Commodore Chauncey, ii. 341.

Madison, President, lack of an American Navy discreditable to the Administration of, ii. 26.

Maffitt, Captain John Newland, authority on construction of fortifications, iv. 170;

appointed to command of Confederate cruiser Florida, 418;

goes to Havana and Mobile to get a crew, ib.;

his ship fired at by Captain Preble, of the Winona, 419;

is blockaded, but escapes, 423;

goes to Nassau, ib.;

cruises between New York and Brazil, 424;

overhauls his ship, ib.;

he is relieved by Captain Morris, ib.

Magnet, British brig, iii. 128.

Mahan, Captain A. T., fortifications of Mobile described by, iv. 379–383.

Mahone, William, Southern politician, trickery of, iv. 74, 75.

Maine, United States cruiser, iv. 534.

Maitland, Captain, falls in with the Constitution, iii. 243;

afraid to engage the Constitution, ib.

Majestic, British cruiser, iv. 534, 535.

Majestic, British razee, assists in the capture of the President off Long Island, iii. 216.

Malayans, teaching, to fear the American flag, iii. 373–379.

Malden, Captain Barclay, his rendezvous before the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 294.

Maley, Lieutenant William, i. 330.

Manassas, Confederate ram, formerly the Enoch Train, iv. 127;

remodelled and put in charge of Lieutenant Alexander F. Warley, 128;

strikes the Richmond and causes a panic, 129–131; 321;

attacks the Brooklyn, 332;

sinks, 333.

Manhattan, Federal monitor, iv. 386.

Manly, Captain John, i. 30, 197;

surrenders the Hancock, 185.

Manners, Captain William, fights the Wasp, iii. 85;

severely wounded, 87;

killed, 88.

Maples, Captain John F., goes in search of the sloop Argus, ii. 362;

finds her by the light of the flames on a wine ship, 363;

captures the sloop, 363–367;

sends it by a prize crew to Plymouth, 371.

Marchand, Captain John B., iv. 389.

Margaret and Jessie, successful blockade-runner, iv. 63.

Margaretta, attack on the, by the Machias haymakers, i. 21.

Maria, British transport, captured by Captain Hopkins, i. 281.

Maria, Boston schooner, captured by Algerian pirates, i. 309.

Marine Committee of Congress, i. 158.

Marine Committee of United Colonies appointed, i. 36.

Marquis de la Fayette, French privateer, i. 297.

Mars, American privateer, fitted out by Captain Thomas Truxton, cruises in English Channel, and captures numerous prizes, i. 205.

Mars, English privateer, captured by the Alliance, i. 297.

Marston, Captain John, iv. 200.

Martha, American slave-ship, captured by Lieutenant Foote, iii. 364.

Martin, British sloop, grounds on Crow’s Shoal, ii. 401.

Mary, British schooner, captured by Chauncey at Lake George, ii. 353.

Mary, British brig, cut out and fired by the Wasp, iii. 92.

Mary E. Thompson, merchantman, captured by Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis, iv. 92.

Mary Goodell, merchantman, captured by Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis, iv. 92.

Mashonda, frigate of Rais Hammida, Algerian Admiral, iii. 345–347;

captured by Captain Downes of the Epervier, 347.

Mason, James Murray, Confederate Commissioner to England, in company with John Slidell, sails in the blockade-runner Theodora, iv. 141;

arrives at Cardenas, Cuba, and proceeds to Havana, ib.;

sails in the Trent for St. Thomas, 143;

is taken off the Trent and carried into Boston, 147–149;

he and Slidell are released, 156.

Mastico, Tripolitan ketch, captured by Decatur, i. 346;

he sails in it to fire the Philadelphia, 348–356;

its name changed to the Intrepid, 358.

See Intrepid.

Mathews, Jack, an old man-of-war tar, on the ironclad Essex, gallant conduct of, iv. 261;

death of, 265.

Mattabesett, Federal gun-boat, iv. 457.

Matterface, Lieutenant William, in the attack on the American ship General Armstrong, iii. 194.

Maurepas, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 127.

Mayo, W. R., his report of the assault on Fort Fisher, iv. 520.

Medicines excluded by blockade of Southern ports, iv. 56.

Mediterranean, second war with African pirates in the, iii. 339–358.

Medway, British liner, captures the Siren, iii. 79.

Medway, British frigate, with Farragut’s fleet at New Orleans, iv. 323.

Melampus, British war-ship, i. 406, 407.

Mellish, British brig, captured by Paul Jones, i. 79.

Memphis, battle of, iv. 298–307;

railroad communication with, cut off, 266, 267.

Memphis, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad Palmetto State, iv. 474.

Mercedita, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad Palmetto State, iv. 474.

Mercer, Captain Samuel, iv. 99.

Merchants, British, sufferings by the American Revolution, i. 112, 113, 127.

Mercury, Dutch packet, Henry Laurens, Ambassador to Holland, sails on, iv. 153;

the British frigate Vestal overhauls her and takes Mr. Laurens from, ib.

Merrimac, United States screw frigate, launched, iv. 15;

the old frigate transformed into a floating fort, 186;

reconstructed, 186–188;

particulars of building, 187;

the best and heaviest guns placed on her, 188;

her engines in bad condition, ib.;

named the Virginia, but not known in history by that name, 189;

starts on a trial trip, 197;

the Congress and Cumberland harmlessly open fire on her, 200;

she rams the Cumberland, 202;

opens fire on and silences the Federal batteries, 207;

attacks the Congress, which surrenders, ib.;

comparison of her guns and armament with the Monitor, 217, 218;

Captain Worden tries to find a vulnerable spot, 222;

she runs aground twice, 223;

tries to ram the Monitor, 224;

attempts made to board the Monitor, 225;

fires at the Minnesota, ib.;

steams back to Norfolk, 229;

leak discovered, 230;

the gunnery better than the Monitor’s, 232;

the Merrimac overhauled at Norfolk, 234;

Commodore Tattnall relieves Buchanan in command, ib.;

Tattnall takes the Merrimac down to Hampton Roads, ib.;

the Monitor retreats from, 235;

blown up on Craney Island, 237.

Mervine, Captain, attempts to march on Los Angeles, but is driven back, iii. 398.

Metacomet, Federal gun-boat, iv. 386.

Metsko Devantigers, Japanese reporters, iii. 455.

Mexican War, the navy’s part in the, iii. 424, 428, 429.

Mexico, Gulf of, naval operations in the, iii. 402–428;

Farragut’s operations in the, iv. 357.

Mexico, French troops enter, iv. 367.

Miami, Federal gun-boat, iv. 454.

Milford, British frigate, encounter with Paul Jones, i. 77.

Miller, Captain Samuel, assists Commodore Barney with his marines, ii. 409, 410.

Milwaukee, Federal gun-boat, sunk by a torpedo, iv. 406.

Minerva, British frigate, Captain of, refuses to fight the Essex, and is branded as a coward, ii. 39–41.

Minerva, English privateer, captured by the Alliance, i. 297.

Minneapolis, United States cruiser, iv. 534.

Minnesota, United States frigate, compared with Arnold’s Congress, iv. 3.

Minnesota, American frigate, iv. 99.

Mississippi, the British grab at the Valley of the, iii. 229, 230.

Mississippi, Federal side-wheel steamer, iv. 314.

Mississippi, Federal gun-boat, goes aground in front of Port Hudson, is fired and abandoned, iv. 358.

Mississippi squadron transferred to the Navy Department, iv. 349;

ships composing the, 245–249.

Mississippi River, blockade of the entrance to, iv. 124–126;

opening of the, by Federal Navy, 240.

Mississippi, Valley of, the British plan to get possession of, iii. 229, 230.

Mississippi Valley, practically all Confederate territory till opened by the Federal Navy, iv. 240.

Mitchell, Lieutenant-commander J. G., iv. 369.

Mobile, Ala., Porter’s views on attack on, iv. 341.

Mobile, fortifications of, described by Mahan, iv. 379–383.

Mobile Bay, description of, iv. 377;

Confederate defences of, ashore and afloat, 379.

Mohawk, United States screw sloop, built, iv. 16;

Captain S. W. Godon, 163;

rescues the crew of the Peerless, 167.

Mohican, United States frigate, cuts out the steamer Forward on the coast of Mexico, iv. 553.

Monarch, Federal ram, in attack on Fort Pillow, iv. 301;

attacks and sinks the Beauregard, 302.

Monitor, Federal ironclad, iv. 191;

rapid work in constructing, 192;

particulars of building, 192–194;

her passage to Hampton Roads, 215;

commanded by Captain J. L. Worden, ib.;

comparison of armament with that of the Merrimac, 217, 218;

the fight with the Merrimac, 220;

superiority of the Monitor’s revolving turret, 221;

the Merrimac tries to ram, 224, 225;

her pilot-house struck and her captain disabled, 225;

retires to Fortress Monroe, 226;

her gunnery was poor, 231;

the battle an unparalleled lesson in naval warfare, 233;

letter from the crew to Captain Worden, 233, 234;

bombards the batteries at Sewell’s Point, 235;

ordered to Beaufort, N. C., 237;

founders at sea in a gale, ib.

Monitors, most efficient and safest style of coast-defence ships, iv. 194.

Monongahela, Federal gun-boat, passes the batteries of Port Hudson, iv. 358;

Commander James H. Strong, 389.

Monroe, ——, Mayor of New Orleans, objects to surrendering the city to Farragut, iv. 338.

Monsieur, French privateer, in the fleet of Paul Jones, i. 234;

captures a Holland ship, 235.

Montagu, British frigate, rescues the Bonne Citoyenne from the Hornet, ii. 180.

Montauk, Federal monitor, shells and burns the Confederate ironclad Nashville, iv. 480.

Monterey, Cal., Captain Catesby Jones takes possession of, iii. 390;

the American fleet under Captain Sloat take possession of, 392.

Montezuma, American ship, i. 316.

Montezuma, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 8.

Montgomery, American brig, fight with the Surinam, ii. 254.

Montgomery, Captain J. E., at Fort Pillow, iv. 290;

retreats, 297.

Montgomery, John B., takes possession of settlement on San Francisco Bay, iii. 392.

Monticello, Federal frigate, iv. 99.

Montmorency, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Moore, Captain, i. 15;

killed on the Margaretta, i. 22.

Moore, Confederate cotton-clad steamer, iv. 321;

rams and sinks the Varuna, 334;

fired by the Cayuga and Oneida, ib.

Morgan, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 380.

Morris, Captain Charles, wit of, in an emergency, ii. 58;

shot through the body in the Guerrière fight, 88;

placed in command of the Adams, iii. 57;

runs the blockade in the Chesapeake, 57, 58;

he cruises on the coast of Africa, 58;

goes in search of the Jamaica fleet, ib.;

sails to Newfoundland, thence to Ireland, and after taking a few prizes is chased by the Tigris, 59;

again chased for forty hours, 59, 60;

his crew attacked by scurvy, 60;

his ship is driven on a rock, ib.;

attacked by a British fleet and compelled to burn his ship, 62;

appointed to command of the Florida, iv. 424;

during his absence on shore Captain Collins of the Wachusett captures her and takes her to the United States, ib.

Morris, Lieutenant George U., iv. 201;

attacks the Merrimac, ib.;

his ship is rammed, 201, 202;

refuses to surrender, 202–204;

his gallantry commended, 204, 205.

Morris, Captain Henry W., iv. 314.

Morris Island, Charleston, iv. 467.

Morse, Jedidiah, his description of the South Carolina islands, iv. 31.

Mosher, unarmored Confederate boat, Captain Sherman commanding, iv. 321, 329;

fired at and sunk by the Hartford, ib.

Mosquito, American ship, chases and captures a pirate brig, iii. 335.

Mottoes, naval, on men-of-war, iii. 30.

Mound City, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245;

Captain A. H. Kilty commands, 289;

rammed by the Van Dorn, 294;

Confederate shell bursts her boiler, 307;

in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, 363;

Lieutenant A. R. Langthorne commands, 370.

Mowatt, Captain, attack of, on Portland, Maine, i. 24–26.

Muckie, bombarded and burned by the American frigate Columbia, iii. 376–378.

Mugford, Captain James, captures a transport with 1,500 barrels of powder, i. 203.

Mullany, Commander J. R. M., iv. 389.

Murphy, Lieutenant J. McLeod, iv. 363.

Murray, British gun-boat, iii. 143.

Murray, Captain Alexander, beats off two British gun-ships, i. 207.

Murray, Colonel J., with 1,000 British troops assaults Plattsburg and Saranac, ii. 355;

burns the public stores at both places and then retreats, ib.

Nahant, Federal ironclad, Commander John Downes, iv. 480;

at Charleston, 485.

Naiad, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, 415.

Nancy, English merchantman, captured by the Raleigh and Alfred, i. 130.

Nancy, British brigantine, captured by the Lee, i. 197–199.

Nantucket, Federal ironclad, iv. 480.

Napier on the character of the veterans sent to America, iii. 134.

Napoleon III., Emperor of France, his views in regard to Texas and Mexico modified by the surrender of New Orleans, iv. 340;

tries to persuade Texas to secede from the Confederacy, 368.

Narcissus, British frigate, attacks the American schooner Surveyor, ii. 417.

Narragansett Indian impressed by the British, a, iii. 293.

Nashville, Confederate cruiser, blockaded in the Great Ogeechee River, iv. 479;

attacked and burned by Captain Worden of the monitor Montauk, 480.

Natchez, Tenn., surrenders to Captain Craven of the Brooklyn, iv. 340.

National sea-power, curious chain of events that led to creation of, i. 1, 2.

Nautilus, American cruiser, in the attack on Tripoli, i. 374.

Nautilus, East India Company’s cruiser, surrenders to the Peacock, iii. 285.

Naval architecture, a point on, iii. 227.

Naval armament, means for furnishing United Colonies with, i. 35.

Naval calls, iii. 471.

Naval discipline, effect of, on raw recruits, iv. 250.

Naval forces of the United States compared with those of Great Britain in 1812, ii. 21–23.

Naval officers, old-time, life led by, iii. 305–307;

American, work that they have had to do in out-of-the-way parts of the world in times of peace, 359–386;

disloyalty of, at commencement of the Civil War, iv. 70.

Naval operations in the Gulf of Mexico, iii. 402–428.

Naval terms applied to war-ships, iii. 54.

Navy, British, in American waters, i. 195.

Navy, colonial, creation of a, i. 30.

Navy of the United Colonies, regulations of, i. 34.

Navy, the American, at the battle of New Orleans, iii. 229.

Neapolitan, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser Sumter, iv. 415.

Neilds, Ensign H. C., heroic conduct of, iv. 394.

Neosho, Federal gun-boat, iv. 370.

Nereyda, Peruvian cruiser, captured the American whalers Walker and Barclay, iii. 7;

is dismantled by the Essex and sent to the Viceroy of Peru, ib.

Netley, British brig, iii. 111.

Neutral ports, violations of, iv. 427.

Neutrality laws observed by American naval officers, iii. 28, 29.

Neutrality, the law of, in open ports, iv. 44.

New Carthage, Grant crosses from, to surround Vicksburg, iv. 363.

New Castle, British frigate, attacks the Constitution, iii. 260.

New Ironsides, successful Federal ironclad, iv. 190, 480.

New Madrid, on Missouri River, captured by Pope, iv. 276.

New Orleans, British attack on, iii. 230;

blockaded by the Brooklyn, iv. 44;

attacked by Farragut’s squadron, 314–337;

Farragut demands the surrender of the city, 338;

General Butler takes possession of, 339.

New Providence taken by Commodore Hopkins, i. 56.

Newton, Isaac, first Assistant Engineer of the Monitor, iv. 216.

New York, United States cruiser, iv. 533.

New Zealander, British ship, captured by Porter, iii. 14.

Niagara, British merchantman, captured, ii. 265;

Elliott’s ship in battle of Lake Erie, 292.

Niagara, American ship, Perry shifts his flag from the Lawrence to, ii. 321;

after the war is sunk in Little Bay, 337.

Niagara, United States screw frigate, launched, iv. 15.

Nichols, Lieutenant Edward T., iv. 315.

Nichols, Captain Samuel, first Captain of marines in American Navy, i. 53.

Nicholson, Captain James, i. 187.

Nicholson, Lieutenant John B., sent by Decatur to take charge of the Macedonian when she surrendered, ii. 134;

carries the Epervier into Savannah after her fight with the Peacock, iii. 77;

transferred to the Siren, ib.;

a story of sailors’ superstitions, 78, 79.

Nicholson, Commander J. W. A., iv. 386.

Nicholson, Captain Samuel, appointed to the American frigate Constitution, i. 312.

“Ninety-day fleet, the,” iv. 39.

Nipsic, United States cruiser, thrown ashore at Samoa, iv. 554.

Noah, Mordecai M., American Consul at Tunis, demands indemnity for seizure of the Abellino prizes, iii. 355.

Nocton, British brig, captured by Porter, iii. 2;

recaptured by the Belvidera, 3.

Nonita, American schooner, in attack on Alvarado, iii. 410.

Nonsuch, American frigate, in Perry’s cruise to South America, iii. 327;

Perry makes it his flagship, ib.;

the crew infected with yellow fever, 329.

Norderling, Mr., Swedish Consul at Algiers in 1815, iii. 348.

Norfolk, American ship, i. 316.

Norfolk Navy Yard, loss of the, iv. 66–83.

North, Lord, despair of, on hearing of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, i. 299.

Nukahiva, Marquesas Islands, Porter brings the Essex and his fleet of captured whalers here to refit, iii. 16;

a sailor’s paradise, 19;

an incipient mutiny at, 21–23.

Nymphe, British frigate, chased by the President and Congress, ii. 151.

Ocracoke Inlet, fort at, iv. 108.

Octorara, Federal gun-boat, iv. 386.

Ogdensburg, N. Y., British attack on, ii. 268.

“Old Glory” first hoisted, i. 135.

“Old Ironsides” (the Constitution), i. 312.

“Old Sow, The,” ii. 267.

Old-time naval officers, iii. 305–307.

Old War Horse, another name for the Benton, iv. 249.

Olney, Captain Joseph, i. 163.

“On to Canada,” the war-cry of 1812, ii. 20.

Oneida, American war-brig, ii. 264;

captures the Lord Nelson, 265;

Commodore Earle attempts to capture, 266.

Oneida, Federal screw corvette, iv. 314.

Oneida, Federal gun-boat, iv. 389.

Ontario, American sloop-of-war, sent against the Dey of Algiers in 1815, iii. 343.

Ontario, Lake, operations on, iii. 113–129.

Ordronaux, Captain J., attacked by the British frigate Endymion, iii. 202–207.

Oreto, Confederate cruiser. See Florida.

Orpheus, British frigate, captures the Confederacy, i. 298.

Orpheus, British frigate, with the Sherburne, attacks and captures the Frolic, iii. 65, 66.

Osage, Federal gun-boat, iv, 369;

sunk by a torpedo, 406.

Ossipee, Federal gun-boat, iv. 389.

Ottawa, Federal gun-boat, iv. 163.

Ottawa, Federal war-ship, attacked ironclad Palmetto State, iv. 474.

Otter Creek, Vt., Macdonough fortifies, iii. 137.

Ouachita, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369.

Owen, Lieutenant-commander E. K., iv. 363, 369.

Ozark, Federal gun-boat, iv. 370.

Pacific coast, naval operations on the, in 1842, iii. 389–428.

Pakenham, Sir Edward Michael, in command of the British forces to attack New Orleans, reaches the Chandeleur Islands, iii. 230.

Pallas, American ship, i. 232;

Countess of Scarborough surrenders to, 267.

Palmetto State, Confederate ironclad, iv. 473;

armament of, ib.;

attacks the Mercedita, 474;

paroles her crew, 475.

Palmira, Porto Rico privateer, plunders American schooner Coquette, and is captured by the Grampus, iii. 332.

Pamlico Sound, N. C., a rendezvous for Confederate privateers, iv. 94.

Pandrita, pirate ship, captured by the Grampus, iii. 332.

Paper blockade, Navy Department tries to establish, iv. 41.

Parker, Captain John, at Lexington, i. 14.

Parker, Lieutenant, in the Java fight, ii. 165.

Parker, Lieutenant George, dies at sea, iii. 78;

a story of sailors’ superstition in connection with his death, 78, 79.

Parker, Lieutenant, the Congress surrenders to, iv. 208.

Parsons, P. Usher, fleet surgeon in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 294.

Pass à Loutre, Federal fleet retreat down the, iv. 137.

Passaic, Federal monitor, iv. 237, 480, 490.

Patapsco, Federal ironclad, iv. 480, 490.

Patterson, Master-commandant William T., attacks the British camp, iii. 239;

sets fire to and abandons his ships, 240.

Paul Jones, American privateer, ii. 251.

Paulding, Captain Hiram, breaks up the nest of plotters against the Federal Government, iv. 71.