Chapter XX: Appendix: To Volume I (2)

_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.

Paving-stones used as missiles to capture the _Gaspé_, i. 9.

_Pawnee_, Federal frigate, iv. 99, 163.

_Peabody_, Federal transport, iv. 100.

_Peacock_, American corvette, meets the brig-sloop _Epervier_, iii.
66;
captures the sloop, 67–71;
cruises, 78;
attached to Decatur’s fleet, 271;
captures prizes and the cruiser _Nautilus_, 285.

_Peacock_, British brig, encounters the American sloop _Hornet_, ii.
181;
the battle, 183;
her captain killed, _ib._;
sinks, 184;
good treatment of the officers and men by the Americans, 187;
comparison of the ships, 190.

Peake, Captain William, attacks the _Hornet_, ii. 181;
is killed, 183;
proud of his ship, 190.

Pearce, Lieutenant John, iv. 370.

_Pearl_, British frigate, captures the _Lexington_, i. 68;
the latter escapes, _ib._

Pearson, Captain Richard, encounters the _Bonhomme Richard_, i. 243,
245;
surrenders, 259;
anecdote of, 262–264;
conduct of, 274;
treated as if he had won a victory, 275.

Pechell, Captain Samuel John, in charge of expedition sent against
Craney’s Island, ii. 398.

_Peerless_, Federal transport, lost near Cape Hatteras, iv. 167.

Peiho River, attack on Chinese forts in the, iii. 382.

_Pelican_, British frigate, goes in search of the American sloop
_Argus_, ii. 362;
attacks the _Argus_, 363, 364;
captures the sloop, 364–367;
takes her into Plymouth, 371.

_Pembina_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 163.

Pendergrast, American Flag Officer G. J., his proclamation, iv. 40.

Pendergrast, Lieutenant Austin, takes command of the _Congress_, iv.
208;
surrenders to Lieutenant Parker of the _Beaufort_, _ib._;
assists in transferring the wounded, 209;
escapes by swimming, _ib._

_Penguin_, British brig-sloop, is beaten by the _Hornet_, iii.
273–281.

_Penguin_, Federal gun-boat, at Port Royal, iv. 171.

_Pensacola_, United States screw sloop, iv. 16;
Captain Henry W. Morris, 314.

Pensacola Navy Yard surrendered to Confederates, iv. 112.

Perkins, Lieutenant-commander George H., iv. 386.

_Perry_, Federal brig, captures the _Savannah_, iv. 89.

Perry, Christopher Raymond, gallant conduct of, i. 296.

Perry, Commodore Matthew Calbraith, brother of Oliver H. Perry, sent
against the Mexican port of Frontera, iii. 410;
captures the Mexican fleet, _ib._;
captures Tabasco, 413;
conducts the operations during the siege of Vera Cruz, 424;
his early services, 435;
a Japanese poem dedicated to him, 437;
his work in opening the ports of Japan, 439;
appointed to the Japan mission, 443;
anchors off Uraga, _ib._;
reception by the Japanese, 444–447;
difficulty in opening negotiations, 449, 450;
the Japanese Governor accompanied by three reporters, 455;
permission from the Emperor to receive the President’s message,
_ib._;
the Emperor grants all that is asked, 457–463;
amusing features of the expedition, 463;
assigned to the _Fulton 2d_, iv. 11;
his opinion of her, _ib._

Perry, Oliver Hazard, in command of a fleet of gun-boats at Newport,
R. I., in 1812, ii. 280;
ordered to join Commodore Chauncey, 282;
inspects the navy yard at Black Rock, 283;
finds five ships being constructed at Erie, Pa., _ib._;
hastens to Pittsburg for cannon-balls, 285;
returns to Erie, 286;
starts for Buffalo in a row-boat, _ib._;
compels the British to abandon the Niagara River, 287;
stricken with fever through overwork, 288;
ordered to co-operate with General Harrison, _ib._;
his appeal for men, 289;
starts on an expedition with an inadequate force, _ib._;
chooses the _Lawrence_ as his flagship, 290;
gets his fleet in deep water, 291;
cruises on Lake Erie, 292;
is joined by officers and men from the _Constitution_, _ib._;
sails up the lake to join General Harrison, 292;
arrives at Put-in-Bay, 293;
confers with General Harrison, 294;
sickness, _ib._;
his fleet anchors in Put-in-Bay, _ib._;
sketch of Perry’s fleet, 295;
sketch of Barclay’s fleet, 296;
comparison of the commanders, 300;
his thoughtfulness for his men, 305;
the battle of Lake Erie commences, 309;
closes in on the British, 311;
loads and fires his own guns, 315;
his flagship a wreck, 317;
shifts his flag to the _Niagara_, 321;
the decisive movement, 322;
the British surrender, 324;
“We have met the enemy and they are ours!”, 325;
receives the swords of the British officers on the _Lawrence_, 328;
his letter to the Secretary of the Navy, 332;
results of his victory, 333;
promoted from rank of master-commandant to captain, 334;
his praise of Lieutenant Elliott, 336;
value of ships captured in the battle, 337;
his squadron at Erie, _ib._;
Washington Irving’s opinion of the victory, 338;
his duel with Captain Heath, iii. 317;
detailed to cruise in South American waters, 327;
sails up the Orinoco, _ib._;
demands compensation for American vessels, 329;
contracts yellow fever, _ib._;
dies while entering the Port of Spain, Trinidad Island, 330;
buried at Newport, R. I., _ib._

_Pert_, American schooner, ii. 270.

_Perthshire_, British merchantman, captured off Mobile, iv. 43;
released by the _Niagara_, _ib._;
claims compensation, 44.

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

_Petrel_, Confederate privateer, iv. 93;
chases the _St. Lawrence_, which fires into and sinks her, 94.

Phelps, Captain S. S., appointed to command of the _Conestoga_, iv.
251;
convoys General Grant down the Mississippi, _ib._;
captures the Confederate steamer _Eastport_, 267;
takes command of her, _ib._;
before Fort Pillow, 290;
Lieutenant-commander of the _Eastport_, 369.

_Philadelphia_, American gondola, i. 90;
on Lake Champlain, 100.

_Philadelphia_, American frigate, sent to Tripoli, i. 335;
sunk on a reef, 343;
raised by the Tripolitans, 344;
boarded and fired by Decatur, 349–358.

_Phœbe_, British frigate, attempts to attack the _Essex_, iii. 25,
26;
is scared off, _ib._;
with the _Cherub_ makes another attack on the _Essex_, 30–43.

Pico Andres, Mexican Governor of Los Angeles, iii. 397;
breaks his parole, _ib._

_Picton_, British war-schooner, captured by the _Constitution_, iii.
242.

Pike, Zebulon M., explorer, at storming of Toronto, ii. 341;
killed by the explosion of a magazine, 342.

_Pinola_, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 316.

Piracy discoveries at Cape Cruz, South America, iii. 335.

Pirate caves with the bones of dead in them, iii. 324, 325.

Piratical assaults on Yankee traders, iii. 366.

Pitcairn, Major, at Lexington, i. 14.

Pitchforks used by haymakers in their attack on the _Margaretta_, i.
21.

_Pittsburg_, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245;
Captain Egbert Thompson commands, 290;
before Vicksburg, 363, 370.

Pittsburg Landing, fight at, iv. 284.

_Plantagenet_, British liner, assists in the attack on the _General
Armstrong_, iii. 188, 194, 196–198.

_Planter_, Confederate transport, turned over to the Federals by
Robert Small, a negro slave, iv. 501, 502.

Plattsburg Bay, operations of Macdonough in, iii. 145, 150.

“Playing ball with the red coats,” ii. 268.

_Plunger_, Holland submarine boat, iv. 545.

Po Adam, Malay chief, rescues Captain Endicott, iii. 370;
aids Captain Downes in his attack on Quallah Battoo, 374.

_Pocahontas_, Federal frigate, iv. 163.

_Poictiers_, British frigate, recaptures the _Frolic_ from the
_Wasp_, ii. 118.

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

_Polk_, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 127.

_Polly_, American privateer, attacks the English sloop-of-war
_Indian_, ii. 242.

_Pomone_, British frigate, assists in the capture of the _President_,
iii. 222.

Pope, Captain John, his report on the retreat of the Federal fleet,
iv. 137;
captured New Madrid, 276;
fortifies the river, _ib._;
shuts Confederates in, _ib._

_Porcupine_, American schooner, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 295.

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

Port Hudson, Farragut runs his squadron past, iv. 357;
the _Albatross_, _Monongahela_, and _Kineo_ successfully pass the
batteries of, 358;
the _Mississippi_ and the _Lancaster_ fired and sunk below, _ib._

Porter, Midshipman David, assists Lieutenant Rodgers in charge of
captured French frigate _Insurgent_, i. 323;
sent to Tripoli, 335;
sent from the _Enterprise_ to take possession of the _Tripoli_,
335, 336;
lands and fires gun-boats in the port of Tripoli, 340;
surrenders to the Tripolitans, 343;
his experience and training, ii. 33, 34;
captures the corvette _Alert_, 42;
crew of, plan a rescue, 44;
receives an insulting challenge from Sir James Yeo, 348;
starts on a second cruise in the _Essex_, iii. 1;
cruises off Port Praya, 2;
captures the British brig _Nocton_, _ib._;
reaches Fernando de Noronha, 3;
Bainbridge directs him to pose as Sir James Yeo, _ib._;
captures the schooner _Elizabeth_, 4;
left free to choose his own course, _ib._;
rounds Cape Horn, _ib._;
dysentery among his crew, 5, 6;
encounters fearful storms, 6;
a panic on board, _ib._;
sails for Valparaiso, 7;
overhauls the _Nereyda_, throws her guns and arms overboard, _ib._;
disguises his ship, 8;
captures the British whalers _Barclay_, _Montezuma_, _Georgiana_,
and _Policy_, _ib._;
captures the whalers _Atlantic_ and _Greenwich_, _ib._;
forms a squadron, 10;
captures the whaler _Charlton_, the ships _Seringapatam_ and _New
Zealander_, 14;
captures the _Sir Andrew Hammond_, 16;
refits his ship at Nukahiva, _ib._;
the prisoners plan to capture the Yankee force, 21;
an incipient mutiny, _ib._;
he sails from Nukahiva, 23;
waits for the British frigate, the _Phœbe_, 24;
gives a reception to the officials of the city, 25;
the _Phœbe_ arrives and attempts to attack him, 25–28;
he challenges the _Phœbe_, 29;
a heavy squall interferes, 31;
the _Essex_ disabled and the enemy gives chase, _ib._;
Porter retires into neutral waters, 32;
Porter’s running gear disabled, 36;
he surrenders his ship, 43;
is sent to New York on the _Essex, Junior_, 49;
escapes in a fog, _ib._;
aids the defence of Baltimore, 53;
services, death, and burial, _ib._;
operating against the pirates of South America, iii. 333;
endeavors to get support of the local governments, _ib._;
compels a Porto Rico alcalde to show respect to American officers,
336;
court-martialed, _ib._;
is suspended and resigns his commission, _ib._