Chapter XVIII: Story of the New Navy (3)

_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._

Porter, Commander David D., his idea of attacking New Orleans, iv.
313;
finds New Orleans fishermen good spies, _ib._;
arranges the expedition, _ib._;
commands the mortar fleet up the Mississippi River, 325;
placed in charge of the Mississippi squadron, 349;
tin-clads added to his squadron, _ib._;
tries to get in behind Vicksburg, 358;
is unsuccessful, 363;
attacks the fortifications of Grand Gulf, 367;
sent with General Banks’s expedition to Shreveport, La., 369;
arrives at Alexandria, 370;
captures the _Abby Bradford_ from the _Sumter_, 413;
disagreement with General Butler at Fort Fisher, 508.

Porter, Captain John, in command of the _Greyhound_ in South America,
iii. 333.

Porter, Confederate Navy Constructor J. L., assists in making the
working drawings for the _Merrimac_, iv. 185.

Porter, Captain William D., iv. 249;
in Commodore Foote’s fleet, 255;
severely scalded, 265.

Portland, Maine, atrocities of the British at, i. 24–26, 32;
influence of atrocities, 196.

_Port Royal_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 389;
capture of, 162–182.

_Portsmouth_, American frigate, in the bombardment of Chinese forts,
iii. 380–382.

_Potomac_, American frigate, attacks and punishes the Malays at
Quallah Battoo, iii. 373–375.

_Powhatan_, Federal frigate, captures the _Abby Bradford_ from the
_Sumter_, iv. 413.

_Preble_, American sloop. See _Rising Sun_.

Preble, Captain Edward, i. 26;
in command of the _Constitution_, 346;
attacks the city of Tripoli, 359;
Congress gives him a gold medal, 378.

Preble, Lieutenant George H., iv. 315.

_President_, American frigate, built, i. 312;
sent to Tripoli, 335;
encounters and is fired on by the corvette _Little Belt_, ii. 7;
Captain John Rodgers sent to look for the _Guerrière_, 8;
chases the British frigate _Belvidera_, 29–32;
the frigate escapes, 32;
mentioned, 121;
chases the _Nymphe_, 151;
chases the _Curlew_, 358;
a lieutenant of the _President_ boards the _Highflyer_, _ib._;
special efforts ordered to capture the _President_, 359;
termed “The Waggon” by the British, 360;
Decatur transferred to, iii. 212;
attacked by the British fleet, 216;
surrenders, 222;
is carried to the Bermudas, 226;
her dimensions, 227.

Press-gang riots in Boston, i. 395, 397.

Press-gangs, raised in England, i. 156;
methods of the, 386, 387;
number of Americans enslaved by the, ii. 2–4.

Prevost, Sir George, attacks Sackett’s Harbor, ii. 345;
mistakes trees for troops, 346;
in command of “Wellington’s Invincibles” at Plattsburg, iii. 147;
defeated, 169, 170;
dies of chagrin, 183.

_Price_, Confederate gun-boat, rams the _Cincinnati_, iv. 293;
disabled by the _Carondelet_, 294.

_Prince de Neufchâtel_, American privateer, ii. 253;
attacked by the British frigate _Endymion_, iii. 202–207.

_Prince of Orange_, British brig, captured by the _Surprise_, i. 124,
125.

_Prince Regent_, British ship, iii. 129.

_Princeton_, Ericsson’s first screw steamship, iv. 12;
Captain Stockton assigned to her, 14;
the “Peacemaker,” one of her guns, bursts, _ib._;
her success pronounced, _ib._

Pring, Captain, in the battle of Lake Champlain, iii. 166;
surrenders, _ib._

Prisoners, American, in England, bad treatment of, i. 122.

Prisons, British, iii. 288–304.

Privateer and a letter of marque, difference between, iii. 242.

Privateers, commissioned by Congress, i. 33;
authorized by General Court of Massachusetts, 196;
by Connecticut and Rhode Island, 197;
by General Washington, _ib._;
work accomplished by them up to 1777, 217;
another account of them, 220, 221;
captured prisoners from privateers on prison-ship _Jersey_, 221–226;
result of licensing of, iii. 324.

Privateers, American, capture sixteen English cruisers during the
Revolutionary War, i. 302.

Privateers in the War of 1812, only a few made money, ii. 233–258;
two hundred and fifty commissioned during the war, 240.

Proctor, General, his incursion into Ohio prevented by the result of
the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 333.

_Protector_, American gun-ship, blows up the British privateer
_Admiral Duff_, i. 207;
beats off the frigate _Thames_, _ib._

_Providence_, brig of first American Navy, i. 39, 57;
commanded by Captain John P. Rathburne, descends on New Providence,
Bahamas, 186.

_Quaker City_, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate
ironclad _Palmetto State_, iv. 474.

Quallah Battoo, Malays of, attacked by the American frigate
_Potomac_, iii. 373, 374;
bombarded by the _Columbia_, 376.

_Queen Charlotte_, British ship, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 296;
sunk in Little Bay, 337.

_Queen of France_, American ship, i. 280, 281.

_Queen of the West_, Federal ram, at Fort Pillow, iv. 301;
sinks the _Lowell_, _ib._;
rammed by the _Beauregard_, _ib._;
sent to attack Port Hudson, 351;
abandoned by the Federals, 352.

_Racehorse_, British brig, captured by the _Andrea Doria_, i. 69.

Radford, Captain William, absent from duty, iv. 201.

_Rainbow_, British gun-ship, captures the _Hancock_, i. 185.

Rais Hammida, the terror of the Mediterranean, iii. 344, 346;
killed, 347.

_Raleigh_, American man-of-war, sent to France, i. 130;
attacks the _Druid_, 131;
loads her supplies, 132;
returns to America, 133;
captured, 194.

_Raleigh_, Confederate gun-boat, assists in taking crew off the
_Congress_, iv. 208.

_Randolph_, American frigate, i. 160;
blown up, 162.

Ransom paid to the Dey of Algiers, i. 309, 310.

Ransom, Lieutenant George M., iv. 315.

Rathbone, Captain John P., i. 186;
releases American prisoners, _ib._;
commands the _Queen of France_, 281.

_Rattlesnake_, American ship, captured by the _Leander_, ii. 387.

Ravenel, Dr. St. Julien, aids in fitting out torpedo boats, iv. 497.

_Razee_, a line-of-battle ship, ii. 403, iii. 56.

Read, Lieutenant Charles W., appointed to command the _Clarence_, iv.
424;
captures the _Tacony_ and burns the _Clarence_, _ib._;
captures the _Archer_ and cuts out the _Caleb Cushing_, _ib._;
captured, _ib._

Red River, Texas, blockaded, iv. 358.

Red River dam, iv. 372–374.

_Reefer_, American schooner, iii. 410.

Reid, Commodore George C., bombards and burns Malay towns, iii.
375–379.

Reid, Captain Samuel C., sails from New York Harbor, iii. 187;
arrives at Fayal, _ib._;
the brig _Carnation_, accompanied by the _Plantagenet_ and the
frigate _Rota_; enter the harbor, 188;
attacked in a neutral port, 189;
heavy loss of the enemy, _ib._;
the population gather to watch the issue, 190;
the _Carnation_ attacks with a fleet of boats, _ib._;
a fierce hand-to-hand fight, 192;
he scuttles and abandons his ship, 200;
returns home, 201;
is enthusiastically received and honored, _ib._;
his pedigree, _ib._;
originated the arrangement of the stars and stripes in the American
flag, _ib._;
dies in New York City, _ib._

Reilly, Lieutenant James, iii. 81.

_Reindeer_, British brig-sloop, captured by the _Wasp_ (No. 3), iii.
88;
armament of, 91;
the wounded of, sent to Plymouth, _ib._

Renshaw, Master-commandant James, on the _Enterprise_ after the
_Boxer-Enterprise_ battle, ii. 386.

_Reprisal_, American brig, captures a number of prizes, i. 70;
fight with the _Shark_, 71;
Franklin sails for France on the, 114;
close call of, 118;
ordered to leave France, 119;
founders, _ib._

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

_Resolution_, British brig, captured by the _Hornet_, ii. 181, 191.

_Retaliation_, American gun-ship, formerly the French ship
_Croyable_, i. 316, 330, 400.

_Revenge_, American sloop, i. 89.

_Revenge_, American man-of-war, i. 126;
takes numerous prizes, _ib._

Rhind, Commander A. C., iv. 480;
Commander of the _Louisiana_, 510.

Rhode Island, first naval fight in waters of, i. 2.

_Richmond_, United States screw sloop, iv. 16;
Captain Thornton A. Jenkins, 386.

Richmond, Va., railroad communication cut off from, iv. 267.

Ricot, Captain, in Paul Jones’s fleet, i. 232.

Rifled cannon introduced into the American Navy, iv. 20, 21.

_Rising Sun_, American sloop, renamed the _Preble_, iii. 136, 138,
140.

“River Defence Squadron,” Confederate, iv. 297.

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

Roanoke Island, expedition to, iv. 109.

Robertson, Lieutenant John Downie, in the battle of Lake Champlain,
iii. 165.

Robinson, Captain Isaiah, i. 69;
captures the _Racehorse_, _ib._

Rodgers, Rear-admiral John, with Midshipman David Porter and others,
sail the captured frigate _Insurgent_ with 173 French on her,
i. 323;
brings the ship safely into St. Kitts, _ib._;
ready to move his fleet in one hour, ii. 28;
starts to intercept a big fleet of merchantmen, 29;
chases the _Belvidera_, _ib._;
fires the first shot of the War of 1812, 30;
his leg broken, 31;
the frigate escapes him, 32;
cruises and captures merchantmen and recaptures an American ship,
_ib._;
challenged by the _Guerrière_, 72;
sails from Boston, 121;
chases the British frigate _Nymphe_, 151;
chases the _Curlew_, 358;
falls in with the British schooner _Highflyer_, and secures her
book of private signals and instructions, _ib._;
value and usefulness of the book, 359;
ordered to report to General Frémont, iv. 241;
buys and fits out merchant-vessels, _ib._;
relieved of his command, 250;
appointed head of Board of Naval Officers, 527.

Rodgers, Captain John, iv. 480.

Rodgers, Commander George W., killed on the _Catskill_, iv. 480, 491.

Rodgers, Captain R. C. P., at Port Royal, iv. 163.

Rodman, Captain United States Ordnance Department, his experience
with heavy guns, iv. 18, 20.

_Rodolph_, Federal wrecking steamer, sunk by a torpedo, iv. 406.

_Roebuck_, British frigate, captures the _Confederacy_, i. 298.

Roosevelt, Clinton, proposed steel-plated ship, iv. 9.

Rooster, a sporting, iii. 155.

_Rose_, British ship, captured by Lieutenant Downes, iii. 10;
sent to St. Helena as a cartel, 12.

_Rota_, British frigate, in the attack on the _General Armstrong_,
iii. 188–200.

Rowan, Captain Stephen C., iv. 99;
destroys the Confederate fleet at Roanoke Island, 110.

_Royal Savage_, American schooner, i. 89.

_Royal Yacht_, Confederate privateer, blockaded by the _Santee_ in
Galveston, iv. 138.

Russell, Lieutenant John H., iv. 314.

Russell, Lord, correspondence about the _Trent_ affair, iv. 150–152;
letter of, on the closing of Charleston Harbor, 471, 472.

_S. J. Waring_, merchantman, captured by Confederate privateer
_Jefferson Davis_, iv. 91.

_Sabine_, Federal sailing ship, rescues the crew of the _Governor_,
iv. 167.

Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., chosen as a naval station, ii. 264;
attacked by the British, 345.

Sailors, kidnapped, cruelty to, on British ships, i. 387.

Sailor’s rights ignored by politicians, ii. 18.

St. Eustatius, Governor of, gives first salute to the American
flag, i. 69.

_St. James_, American privateer, beats off a British frigate, i. 206.

St. John’s, British fleet built at, i. 87.

St. Laurent, Captain, deceived by Captain Bainbridge, i. 317.

_St. Lawrence_, British liner, iii. 129.

_St. Louis_, Commodore Foote’s flagship, disabled, iv. 271;
Captain Henry Erben commands, 289.

_Sally_, purchased by first Marine Committee, i. 39.

Saltonstall, Captain Dudley, i. 46;
commands the _Trumbull_, 164;
captain of the _Warren_, 283.

Samoa, hurricane at, iv. 554.

Sand-bar, lifting vessels over a, ii. 289, 290.

San Diego, Cal., John C. Frémont takes possession of, iii. 394.

_Sandwich_, American privateer, cut out of Puerto Plata by Lieutenant
Isaac Hull, i. 329.

_San Jacinto_, American frigate, iii. 380.

_San Jacinto_, United States screw sloop, iv. 15;
Mason and Slidell, Confederate Commissioners, taken to Boston in,
148.
See _Mason, James Murray_.

San Juan de Ulloa, a castle on Gallega Reef, Vera Cruz,
fortification of, iii. 418.

Santa Anna, Mexican General, landed from the American fleet at Vera
Cruz, iii. 424;
the American Government negotiates with him to return to Mexico,
427;
escorted up the streets of Vera Cruz, _ib._;
is recognized by a squad of soldiers and saluted, _ib._;
again master of Mexican affairs, _ib._

_Santee_, Federal frigate, blockades Galveston, iv. 137.

Saranac River, the British retire from, iii. 136.

_Saratoga_, American frigate, i. 287;
captures the _Charming Molly_ and two other ships, 292;
lost in a hurricane, 293.

_Saratoga_, American privateer, ii. 253.

_Saratoga_, American corvette, iii. 137, 138;
Macdonough’s flagship in the battle of Lake Champlain, 155.

_Sassacus_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 456.

_Savannah_, American frigate, iii. 392.

_Savannah_, Confederate privateer, captures brig _Joseph_, iv. 88;
captured by Federal brig _Perry_, 89.

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

_Scorpion_, American gun-boat, ii. 292.

_Scorpion_, American cutter, ii. 408.

_Scorpion_, American schooner, captured by the British, iii. 110.

Scott, Lieutenant-colonel Winfield, at Black Rock, ii. 275;
takes possession of Squaw Island, 278;
hauls down the British flag, 344.

_Scourge_, American privateer, ii. 253.

_Scourge_, American schooner, ii. 350.

_Seahorse_, American tender, makes a gallant fight against the
British fleet, iii. 233–235.

Sea-power, American, in 1812, ii. 21;
of Great Britain, 22.

Search, the right of, on the high seas, i. 387;
reaffirmed, ii. 19.

_Seine_, French privateer, captured by the American schooner
_Enterprise_, i. 330.

Selfredge, Lieutenant-commander T. O., iv. 369.

Selfredge, Lieutenant-commander T. O., Jr., at Fort Fisher, iv. 519.

Self-restraint of Americans, iii. 303.

Selkirk, Earl of, house of, surrounded by Paul Jones, i. 147, 148.

_Selma_, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 380.

Selman, Captain John, captures ten British vessels and Governor
Wright of St. John’s, i. 203.

_Seminole_, Federal frigate, iv. 163.

_Seminole_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 389.

Semmes, Commander Raphael, his ship capsizes and he loses half the
crew, iii. 417;
takes command of Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 408;
chases the _Brooklyn_, 409;
captures the _Golden Rocket_, 410;
takes five prizes into Cuba, 411;
takes the _Abby Bradford_ to Venezuela, 412;
the _Powhatan_ captures her, 413;
some of his captures, 415;
his ship sold to English blockade-runners, _ib._;
Brazil authorities allow him to use Fernando de Noronha as
headquarters, 427;
appointed to command of _Alabama_, 431;
ships his officers and men at Terceira, _ib._;
encounters the _San Jacinto_, 432;
captures the _Ariel_, _ib._;
goes to Galveston to intercept transports, _ib._;
captures the _Hatteras_, _ib._;
his reception at Cape Town, 434;
his gallantry, 435;
cruises in the East Indies, 436;
fight with the _Kearsarge_, 438–441;
rescued by the yacht _Deerhound_, 442;
his reception in England, 447.

_Seneca_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 163.

Senez, Captain Andre, surrenders to Captain Little of the _Boston_,
i. 328, 329.

Sentiment, a touching tale of, iii. 243, 244.

_Serapis_, British frigate, encounters the _Bonhomme Richard_, i. 243;
fight with the latter, 245–259;
surrenders, 259;
comparative strength of the two ships, 265.

_Seringapatam_, British ship, captured by Porter, iii. 14.

_Severn_, British ship, ii. 421.

Seward, William H., his reply to the despatch of the British
Government relative to the _Trent_ affair, iv. 154–156.

Sewell’s Point, Confederate batteries erected at, iv. 195.

Shajackuda Creek, Niagara River, expedition starts from, ii. 275;
route opened up by Perry, 287.

_Shannon_, British frigate, ii. 55;
blockades Boston, 200;
challenges the _Chesapeake_, 203;
captures her, 209–221;
arrives at Halifax, 222;
comparison of the two ships, 229.

_Shark_, American brig, captures five pirate vessels, iii. 331.

_Shark_, British sloop, fight of, with American brig _Reprisal_, i.
71.

Shaw, Lieutenant, captures the French privateer _Seine_, i. 330.

Sheed, William W., Sailing-master, attacks the British, ii. 402.

_Shelburne_, British schooner, assists in capturing the _Frolic_,
iii. 65.

_Shenandoah_, Confederate cruiser, destroys American whaling and
sealing fleets, iv. 447.

Sherman, Captain, “bravest man in the Confederate squadrons,” iv.
321, 329, 340.

Sherman, General Thomas W., commands a force against Port Royal, iv.
164.

Shipbuilder, the private, a factor in the sea power of a nation, iv.
38.

Shipbuilding after the Revolution, i. 304.

Ship-masts retained for use of the crown, i. 15.

Shirk, Lieutenant, supports Grant at Pittsburg Landing, iv. 284;
commander of Federal gun-boat _Tuscumbia_, iv. 363.

Shreveport, La., General Banks sent on expedition to, to frustrate
designs of Napoleon III., iv. 368.

Shubrick, Lieutenant J. T., boards the _Peacock_ and endeavors to
save the ship from sinking, ii. 184.

Shubrick, Commodore William Bradford, in command of the Pacific Coast
Squadron, iii. 401.

“Siege of Plattsburg,” a popular song, iii. 184.

_Silver Wave_, Federal Army transport, before Vicksburg, iv. 364.

_Simcoe_, British gun-boat, iii. 143.

_Simes_, British schooner, sunk, ii. 271.

Sinclair, Captain Arthur, sent to take charge of the American fleet
west of the Niagara, iii. 106;
sails into Lake Huron, 107;
destroys St. Joseph, _ib._;
destroys a block-house, 108;
returns to Detroit, 109.

_Sir Andrew Hammond_, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 16;
recaptured by the _Cherub_, 50.

_Sir George Prevost_, British gun-boat, iii. 143.

_Sir James Yeo_, British gun-boat, iii. 143.

_Sir Sidney Beckwith_, British gun-boat, iii. 143.

_Sir William Erskine_, British sloop, attacked and captured by the
American privateer _Thorn_, i. 209.

_Siren_, American brig, accompanies Decatur on his expedition to fire
the _Philadelphia_, i. 348–350;
John B. Nicholson placed in command of, iii. 78;
cruises on the coast of Africa, _ib._;
is captured, 79.

Slave traffic on the coast of Africa, iii. 360;
Admiral Foote’s efforts to stamp it out, 363–367.

Slavers, chasing, on the African coast, iii. 360–361.

Slavery, kidnapped sailors subjected to a state of, i. 387.

Slidell, John, Confederate commissioner to France. See _Mason, James
Murray_.

Sloat, Captain John Drake, takes possession of Monterey, California,
iii. 392;
gives up command of the squadron, 394.

Smith, Lieutenant Albert N., iv. 315.

Smith, Lieutenant Joseph B., attacked by the _Merrimac_, iv. 207;
stands by his ship until killed, 208.

Smith, Commander Melancthon, iv. 314.

Smith, Lieutenant Sydney, indiscreet zeal of, iii. 136.

_Solebay_, British frigate, fights with American brig _Providence_,
under Paul Jones, i. 74.

_Somers_, American brig, enters Vera Cruz harbor and fires the
_Creole_, iii. 417;
capsizes and drowns half her crew, _ib._

_Somers_, American schooner, captured by the British, iii. 111.

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

_Somers_, overturned while chasing a blockade-runner, iii. 417.

Somers, Commandant Richard, assists in attack on the city of Tripoli,
i. 359–367;
blown up on the _Intrepid_, 378.

Somers, Captain, fights five duels in succession, iii. 315–317.

_Somerset_, Fulton ferryboat, captures the blockade-runner
_Circassian_, iv. 37.

Somerville, Captain Philip, assists in the attack on the _General
Armstrong_, iii. 194.

Sorel River, invaded by “Wellington’s Invincibles,” iii. 135.

Soulé, Pierre, Senator and Minister to Spain, iv. 338.

South Carolina islands, as described by Jedidiah Morse, iv. 31.

_Southampton_, British frigate, flagship of Sir James L. Yeo, ii. 348.

Southcombe, Captain, fights off nine British barges, iii. 204.

Southern States dependent on commerce for necessaries of life, iv. 46;
their lack of factories and mills before the Civil War, _ib._

_Southfield_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 454.

_Sparlin_, British sloop, captured by the _Thorn_, i. 209.

_Spitfire_, American merchantman, stopped by the _Guerrière_, ii. 7.

_Spitfire_, British sloop, ii. 359.

Spies, New Orleans fishermen as, iv. 313.

Sproats, David, inhuman conduct of, i. 224.

Spy service of Federal government not as good as the Confederate,
iv. 189.

Squaw Island, N. Y., the _Detroit_ grounds on, ii. 278.

Stanton, Edward, Secretary of War, his views of the victory of the
_Merrimac_, iv. 211–212.

_Star of the West_, Federal steamer, first shot of the Civil War
fired at, iii. 363;
taken by the Confederates, _ib._

Stars and Stripes first saluted by a foreign power, i. 138.

_State of Georgia_, Federal warship, iv. 237.

Steamboats under fire of heavy guns, iv. 252.

Steam-rams, first fight of, in history, iv. 307.

Stembel, Captain R. N., before Fort Pillow, iv. 289;
badly wounded, 294.

Sterrett, Lieutenant Andrew, sent to Tripoli, i. 335;
appointed to command the _Enterprise_, ii. 373;
captures the _Tripoli_, _ib._

_Stettin_, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad
_Palmetto State_, iv. 474.

Stevens, Captain T. H., at Port Royal, iv. 163.

Stevens, Robert L., invents first ironclad, iv. 9.

Stevens, Commander Thomas Holdup, iv. 386;
in charge of Federal fleet to carry Fort Sumter by storm, 494.

Stewart, Lord George, commander in the attack on the _Constitution_
at Porto Praya, iii. 260.

Stewart, Captain Charles, sails from Boston, iii. 242;
overhauls and captures the British war-schooner _Picton_, _ib._;
falls in with the British frigate _La Pique_, 243;
finds the British frigates _Junon_ and _Tenedos_ lying in wait for
him, 244;
escapes to Marblehead, _ib._;
returns to Boston, 245;
sails out of Boston while blockade squadron is off port, _ib._;
captures British merchant ship, _Lord Nelson_, _ib._;
chases the _Elizabeth_, but captures the _Susan_, 245;
chased by the frigates _Tiber_ and _Elizabeth_, 246;
escapes, _ib._;
encounters the frigate _Cyane_ and sloop-of-war _Levant_, 247;
opens fire on both ships, 249;
the _Cyane_ surrenders to, 252;
the _Levant_ surrenders to, 255;
sails to Porto Praya with his captures, 260;
the _Newcastle_, _Leander_, and _Acasta_ surprise him, 260;
the _Newcastle_ opens fire, 265;
the _Constitution_ sails away free, _ib._;
her last fight, 268.

Stivers, A. C., Chief Engineer of the _Monitor_, iv. 216.

Stockton, Captain Robert Field, succeeds Captain Sloat in command of
the Pacific Squadron, iii. 394;
lands and attacks Los Angeles, _ib._;
novel trick to deceive the enemy, _ib._;
organizes a state government, 397;
is succeeded by Commodore Shubrick, 401;
his trip on Ericsson’s _Francis B. Ogden_, iv. 10;
he induces Ericsson to come to America, 11;
assigned to the _Princeton_, 14.

Stoddert, Benjamin, Secretary of Navy, i. 334.

“Stone Fleet,” sinking of the, iv. 470.

_Stonewall Jackson_, Confederate ironclad, iv. 333;
rams the _Varuna_ and sinks her, 334;
is driven ashore by the _Oneida_ and _Cayuga_, _ib._

Stoney, Theodore D., Charleston citizen, builds, at his own expense,
a number of “Davids,” iv. 497.

Stringham, Flag Officer Silas H., assigned to command of Hatteras
Island expedition, iv. 99.

Strong, Commander James H., iv. 389.

Submarine torpedo vessel, principles and construction of a, i.
165–170;
experiments made to prove the nature and use of a, 172.

Sullivan’s Island, Charleston, S. C., iv. 469.

Sumatra, attack of natives of, on American ship _Friendship_, iii.
368.

_Sumter_, Confederate gun-boat, rams the _Cincinnati_ at Fort Pillow,
iv. 293;
surrenders, 302.

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

_Sumter_, Confederate cruiser, iv. 407;
Captain Semmes takes command of, 408;
captures the _Abby Bradford_, 412;
cruises in the Caribbean Sea, 413;
on the Brazil coast, 414;
is chased by _Iroquois_, _ib._;
goes to Spain and Gibraltar, 415;
expense of, to the Confederate Government, 416;
sold and converted into an English merchant-ship, _ib._;
runs the blockade of Charleston, _ib._;
name changed to the _Gibraltar_, _ib._;
lost in the North Sea, _ib._

_Superior_, American frigate, iii. 113.

Superiority of British naval crews, i. 60.

Superstition, sailors’, iii. 78, 79.

_Surprise_, American brig, renamed the _Eagle_, iii. 139.

_Surprise_, American cutter, i. 123;
captures the ship _Joseph_ and the brig _Prince of Orange_, 124;
detained in France by the British ambassador, 125.

_Surveyor_, American schooner, attacked and overpowered by the
British frigate _Narcissus_, ii. 417.

_Susquehanna_, American ship, sent to Japan in 1851, iii. 443.

_Susquehanna_, Federal frigate, iv. 163.

_Sylph_, American schooner, ii. 349.

Symonds, Sir William, his opinion of Ericsson’s _Francis B. Ogden_,
iv. 10.

Tabasco, Mexico, captured by Commodore M. C. Perry, iii. 414.

_Tacony_, captured by Captain Read of the _Clarence_, iv. 424.

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

Tarbell, Captain, unsuccessfully attacks the becalmed British fleet
in Hampton Roads, ii. 395.

_Tartarus_, English brig-sloop, iii. 93.

Tattnall, Commodore Josiah, takes part in the English attack on
Chinese forts, iii. 382;
attacks the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa in the siege of Vera Cruz,
420–423;
commands a squadron of four vessels sent in to divert the attention
of the Mexicans, 424;
exchanges places with a brother officer on the _Constellation_, and
so saves his life, 354;
commands the Confederate fleet at Savannah, iv. 168;
his worthless flotilla, _ib._;
attacked by the Federal fleet and retires, 171;
destroys the _Merrimac_, 236, 237.

Tayloe, Lieutenant, killed while assisting the Union wounded out of
the _Congress_, iv. 209.

Taylor, Captain John, chased by Captain Lawrence of the _Hornet_, ii.
181.

Taylor, Thomas E., leading blockade-runner, iv. 57.

Tea destroyed in Boston Harbor, i. 13.

_Teaser_, privateer of New York, ii. 245.

_Teaser_, American blockade-runner, iv. 60.

_Tecumseh_, British gun-boat, iii. 145.

_Tecumseh_, Federal monitor, iv. 386;
sunk by a torpedo, 394.

_Tenedos_, British frigate, captures the American frigate
_President_, iii. 222;
goes in chase of the _Constitution_, 244.

_Tennessee_, Confederate ram, iv. 380.

Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, how far navigable, iv. 240.

Tennessee opened up by the capture of Fort Henry, iv. 266;
railroad communication cut off from, 267.

Terceira, a Portuguese island, officers and crew of the _Alabama_
shipped from, iv. 431.

Terry, General Alfred H., at Fort Fisher, iv. 516.

Texas, Napoleon III. tries to persuade, to secede from the
Confederacy, iv. 367–368.

_Thalia_, British frigate, ii. 29.

_Thames_, British frigate, attacks American gun-ship _Protector_, i.
207.

Thatcher, Master Charles, iv. 370.

_Theodora_, Confederate blockade-runner, carries Mason and Slidell to
Cuba, iv. 141.

_Thetis_, British frigate, chased by Porter and escapes, ii. 38.

_Thomas_, American privateer, ii. 252.

_Thompson_, Confederate ram, sunk at Fort Pillow, iv. 302.

Thompson, Captain Egbert, before Fort Pillow, iv. 290.

Thompson, Captain Thomas, i. 130; sent to France for supplies, _ib._;
returns to America, 132–133.

_Thorn_, American privateer, attacks and strikes the _Governor Tryon_
and _Sir William Erskine_, i. 209;
captures the _Sparlin_, _ib._;
captured by the _Deane_, 284, 287.

_Ticonderoga_, American schooner, iii. 137–139.

_Tigress_, American schooner, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 295;
captured by the British, iii. 109.

Tilghman, General Lloyd, surrenders Fort Henry to Commodore Foote,
iv. 265–266.

Tillinghast, Lieutenant T. G., iii. 81.

Tin-clads, light-draft steamers in Admiral Porter’s squadron, iv. 349.

Tiptonville, Pope shuts Confederates in by occupying, iv. 276.

_Toey-wan_, steamer chartered by Captain Tattnall in the attack on
Chinese forts, iii. 382–384.

Tombigbee Channel, Mobile, lined with torpedoes, iv. 406.

_Tom Bowline_, store-ship for Decatur’s fleet, iii. 271.

_Tompkins_, American ship, ii. 352.

Toronto, Canada, Americans plan to attack, ii. 339;
a force under General Dearborn sent to attack, 340;
stores and prisoners taken, 342.

Torpedo boat, the first one built, i. 164;
general principles and construction of a submarine vessel, 165.

Torpedoes made of whiskey demijohns, iv. 350.

Townsend, Commander Robert, iv. 369.

Trabangan, Malay settlement, natives of, capture the American
merchant-ship _Eclipse_ and kill Captain Wilkins, iii. 374–379.

“Tracking” up a river, ii. 287.

_Trajano_, Brazilian rebel warship, iv. 548.

_Transit_, New London merchant-ship, captured by Confederate
privateers, iv. 97.

Treaty of Ghent, terms and conditions of, iii. 209;
the real cause of the war ignored in the treaty, 210.

Tredegar Iron Mills, Richmond, Va., the only gun and engine factory
possessed by the South at the outbreak of the Civil War, iv. 46.

Trenchard, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, wounded in a fight with
Chinese, iii. 382.

_Trent_, British mail steamer, Confederate Commissioners Mason and
Slidell taken from, iv. 148;
attitude of the British Government in regard to the seizure,
150–152;
instructions to Lord Lyons, 152, 153;
reply of Mr. Seward to the despatch of the British Government, iv.
154;
review of Mr. Seward’s reply, 154–158;
Commodore Smith’s comment on the reply, 156.

_Trenton_, United States cruiser, ashore at Samoa, iv. 554.

_Trepassy_, British brig, surrenders to the _Alliance_, i. 298.

Tribute, paid to Algerian pirates by America, iii. 339;
by England, 340.

Tripoli declares war against America, i. 333;
pays indemnity to United States, iii. 357.

_Tripoli_, war polacre, is beaten by the American schooner
_Enterprise_, i. 335.

Tripolitans, treachery of, i. 335, 336.

_Trippe_, American sloop, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 295.

Trippe, Sailing-master John, at attack on city of Tripoli, i. 366.

Tristan d’Acunha, Island of, in the South Atlantic, Jonathan Lambert
pre-empts, iii. 270, 271;
a breeding resort for seals, _ib._;
Decatur makes it a rendezvous, _ib._

_True Briton_, captured by the _Randolph_, i. 160.

_Trumbull_, American galley, i. 89, 164.

_Trumbull_, American ship, captures two British transports, i. 164;
cruises along American coast with a crew of landsmen, 290;
is nearly disabled, 291;
attacked by three British ships and surrenders, 295–297.

Truxton, Captain Thomas, captures prizes in the Azores, i. 205;
cuts out three ships from the British fleet, _ib._;
fits out the _Mars_ and cruises in the English Channel, _ib._;
involves France in war with England, 206;
successfully beats off a British frigate, _ib._;
Captain of the _Constellation_, compels the French frigate
_Vengeance_ to fight, 323;
loses her in the night, 328.

_Truxton_, American brig, grounded before Tuspan, Mexico, and is
captured, iii. 410.

Tucker, John, Assistant Secretary of War, asks Commodore Vanderbilt
his terms for destroying the _Merrimac_, iv. 212.

Tucker, Captain Samuel, captures thirty British vessels, i. 203.

Tunis, brought to terms by the American fleet, i. 378, 379;
pays indemnity to United States for seizing the _Abellino_ prizes,
iii. 353.

_Tuscumbia_, Federal gun-boat in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, iv.
363.

Tybee Bar, Savannah, coal-ships ordered to go to, iv. 165.

_Unadilla_, Federal frigate, iv. 163;
attacked by the Confederate ironclad _Palmetto State_, 474.

_Underwriter_, Federal gun-boat, boarded and destroyed by John Taylor
Wood, iv. 452.

_Unicorn_, British frigate, captures the _Raleigh_, i. 194.

_United States_, American frigate, built, i. 312.

United States Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere,
members of, iii. 464.

_United States_, frigate, falls in with the _Eurydice_ and
_Atalanta_, ii. 16;
cruises between the Azores and the Canary Islands, 121;
encounters the _Macedonian_, 122;
battle with, 125–134;
losses after the battle, 139;
comparison of the forces of the two ships, 140;
blockaded in New London, 150.

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

_United We Stand_, American privateer, ii. 253.

Valcour Island, Lake Champlain, fight between Benedict Arnold and Sir
Guy Carleton at, i. 92–99.

Van Brunt, Captain G. I., iv. 99.

_Vandalia_, United States warship, sank at Samoa in a hurricane, iv.
554.

_Vandalia_, Federal sailing-ship, iv. 163;
sails from Hampton Roads with a fleet of coal schooners in charge,
165;
encounters a hurricane, 166.

Vanderbilt, Commodore Cornelius, asked for what sum he would destroy
the _Merrimac_, iv. 212.

_Van Dorn_, Confederate gun-boat, rams the _Mound City_ and disables
her, iv. 294.

_Varuna_, Federal screw corvette, iv. 314.

Vaughan, Captain William, at Sackett’s Harbor, ii. 267;
drives off the British, 268.

_Vengeance_, American brig, in Paul Jones’s fleet, i. 232.

_Vengeance_, French frigate, fight with the _Constellation_, i. 323;
surrenders, 327;
slips away in the night to Curaçao, 328;
returned to France, 330.