Chapter XVIII: Story of the New Navy (2)

_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.