aling fleet, I., 233, 249, 362, 366; II., 134, 192, 180, 192, 198, 209, 210, 219-332; III., 319, 328; VI., 38, 43, 55, 114, 120, 151, 184, 197, 217, 222, 238, 243, 252, 253, 314, 318, 320, 322; VIII., 211, 330; IX., 102 seq., 105, 107, 345.
Farragut, L.,
X., 2.
Farragut,
W. T. Meredith, IX., 102.
Farrand, E.,
VI., 260, 322.
Farrar, F. W.,
IX., 119.
Farrar's Island, Va.:
I., 119 seq.; III., 96, 97; V., 133.
Fascines, V.,
207.
Faunce, J.,
VI., 96.
FauntFarragut,
W. T. Meredith, IX., 102.
Farrand, E.,
VI., 260, 322.
Farrar, F. W.,
IX., 119.
Farrar's Island, Va.:
I., 119 seq.; III., 96, 97; V., 133.
Fascines, V.,
207.
Faunce, J.,
VI., 96.
Fauntleroy, surgeon, VII., 222.
Faxon, W.,
VI., 52.
Fayetteville, Ark.,
I., 368; II., 326.
Fayetteville, N. C.:
V., 150, 156, 164, 166, 170.
Fayetteville, W. Va.,
I., 322.
Featherston, W. S.,
X., 127.
Federal troops: number of, I., 92; navy and the South, I., 88-98; navy, superiority and activity of, during the war, I., 110, 111; troops, foreign nationalities in, II., 158, 159; soldiers and their work of burrowing and sapping, II., 223; raids in the West, IV., 129 s
hed by, VIII., 251; enlistment, VIII., 251.
Irby, R.,
VIII., 113.
Ireland, Archbishop
Viii., 100.
Irish recruits in Wisconsin regiments
VIII., 75; in Confederate Army, VIII., 118.
Irish Bend, La.,
II., 332.
Irish Brigade:
（Meagher's), II., 92; officers of, II., 93; at battle of Gettysburg, VIII., 100.
Iron Brigade:
men of, II., 239, 241, 244; IX., 223.
Ironclads; in action
I., 24; European type, VI., 36, 38; first jeopardizes Federal cause, VI., 36; Farragut's opinion of, VI., 55; first Federal contracts for, VI., 56; Confederates begin construction of, VI., 73; Confederate attempts to build, VI., 75, 191, 239; on the Mississippi, VI., 129, monitors built during war, VI., 139; monitors double-turreted, VI., 132, 175; monitors, sea worthiness of, VI., 133, 146, 152; appointment of board to investigate, VI., 134; birth of, VI., 134; early construction of, VI., 134; monitor recommended by naval board, VI., 135, 133, 137; reports of Federal officer
Mendell, G. H.,
V., 242.
Mendota,, U. S. S.:
VI., 13, 63; the Parrott gun of, VI., 275; men on the, VI., 278.
Mercer, H. W.,
X., 263.
Mercer, S.,
VI., 100.
Merchants' Association of Boston, Mass.,
IX., 31.
Merchants that followed the armies,
VIII., 33.
Mercidita,, U. S. S.:
II., 330; VI., 239, 272, 318.
Mercury,, U. S. S.,
II., 162.
Meredith, S.:
II., 241; X., 125.
Meredith, S. A.,
VII., 101, 114.
Meredith, W. T.,
author of poem Farragut, IX., 102.
Meridian, Miss.:
II., 341, 348; III., 221; IV., 198.
Meridian Hill, Washington, D. C.
, New York Seventh, camp of, VIII., 67.
Merrill, G. S.,
X., 296.
Merrimac,, C. S. S. (See also Virginia,, C. S. S.):
I., 239, 260, 358; V., 258; VI., 20 seq., 36, 73, 130, 137, 140, 142, 154, 163, 309, 312, 314.
Merritt, W.:
III., 54, 160, 287, 328, 330, 332, 338, 340; IV., 23, 34, 41, 215, quoted, 222, 230, 242, 244, 250, 252, 260, 261, 271 seq., 276 seq., 278; VII
7.
Scruggs, J. P.,
VII, 147.
Scudder, H.,
IX., 260.
Scully, Father
Viii., 101.
Scurry, W. R.,
X., 153.
Sea power
Viii., 134.
Sea Wing, , C. S. S.,
VI., 296.
Seabird, , C. S. S.,
I., 356; VI., 264.
Seabrook, J. E.,
manor house of, I., 359.
Seabrook Point, S. C.:
mock battery at, VIII., 183.
Seamen, U. S.:
number of, at beginning and end of Civil War, VI., 63; difficulty of recruiting in West, VI., 63, 210; on Monitor, VI., 163, 183; Farragut's opinion of, VI., 187; morals of, on Hartford, VI., 87, 242; on Richmond, VI., 189; gun drill of, VI, 192, 263; on Western rivers, VI, 210, 211, 285, 286; in land assault on Fort Fisher, VI., 248, 257, 259; number increased in 1861, VI., 262; duties of powder monkey, VI., 277; amusements of, VI., 278, 279, 281; nationality of, VI., 279; prize money of, VI., 284, 286; on Kearsarge, VI., 300; gunnery of, on Kearsarge,VI., 303.
Search-Light Library of New York, I., 18.
Searcy Landing,
terans): I., 19; united Confederate Veterans, constitution of, X., 298; Confederates, reunion of, X., 300.
Vibbard
engine, V., 287.
Vibbard draw of Long bridge, Washington, D. C.
, Federal Engineers at, I., 131.
Vicksburg, Miss.:
surrender of, I., 68, 77 seq.; Camp Fisk, Four Mile bridge in, I., 108, 124 seq., 126. 132, 182, 187, 214, 231, 249 seq., 365, 366, 368; II., 9, 134; sieges of, II., 179, 181, 182, 183, 1S8; preliminary operations around, by the combined forces of Farragut, Porter and Williams, II., 190; view of, taken under fire, II., 193; courthouse at, II., 193; preliminary operations against, part of river steamers in, II., 194; strong Confederate fortifications around, II., 195; condition of Union and Confederate forces, etc., at siege of, II., 197; first plan of U. S. Grant to take, a failure, II., 200; work of undermining the defenses around, II., 201; fall of, on same date as the surrender of Gettysburg (July 4, 1863), II., 203; monument marking spot