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Adams, Charles Francis, 180, 190, 313
Alabama, the, 150; built, 190 et seq.; captures Ariel, 194; sinks the
Hatteras, 195 et seq.; armament of, 206; fights Kearsarge, 207 et seq.; sunk, 212
Albemarle, the 97 et seq.; attempts made to destroy, 100 et seq.; destroyed, 104 et seq.
Atlanta, the, in
Wassaw Sound, 116 et seq.
Bahia, neutrality of, violated, 187
Bailey, Commodore, Theodorus, commands East Gulf squadron, 123 et seq.
Bankhead, Commander,commands Monitor, 79 et seq.
Bayou City, the, 147 et seq.
Beaufort, N. C., headquarters blockading squadron, 46, 94
Bell,
Commodore Henry H., 141, 150 et seq.
Bermuda, usefulness to blockaderunners, 37 et seq., 153 et seq.
Blockade, its establishment, 27 et seq.; prizes taken during, 44; vessels destroyed during, 44; effect of, 44 et seq.; objects of, 83; Confederate view of, 88 et seq.
Blockade-runners, 34 et seq.; decisions against, 38 et seq.; stratagems of, 38 et seq., 91; description and history of, 153 et seq.
Blockading squadron,
East Gulf, 123; difficulties of, 123 et seq.
Blockading squadron,
Gulf, 121 et seq.
Blockading squadron,
North Atlantic, 90 et seq.
Blockading squadron,
South Atlantic, 90, 105 et seq.; disposition of, 115, 116
Blockading squadron, West Gulf, 123
British Government, warlike preparations of, 180 et seq.; violation of neutrality by, 190, 200, 225 et seq.
Brooke,
Lieutenant John M., 22; restores
Merrimac, 54
Brooklyn, the, 11, 121, 173 et seq., 195, 198
Buchanan, Captain, Franklin, commands
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Merrimac, 62; wounded, 68, 76
Cape Fear River, 91 et seq.
Chaplin, Lieutenant, bravery of, 86
Charleston, S. C., blockade of, 34, 84 et seq., 87 et seq., 107 et seq.; attempts to raise blockade of, 109, 111 et seq., 158 et seq.
Chicora, the, attempts to raise blockade of
Charleston, 109 et seq.
Clarence, the, 186
Clifton, the, 143, 144 (note), 146 et seq., 152
Collins, Commander, Napoleon, captures the
Florida, 189; his act disavowed, 189 et seq.
Colorado, the, 121, 172
Confederate Government, naval policy of, 168 et seq.; its agents abroad, 182
Congress, the, 60 et seq.; taken, 64; burned, 65
Craven, Commodore, commands Potomac flotilla, 87 et seq.
Crocker,
Acting Master, commands expedition to
Sabine River, 142 et seq.
Crosman, Lieutenant, 124 et seq.
Cumberland, the, 48, 52, 60 et seq.; sunk by the
Merrimac, 63 et seq.
Cushing, Captain, daring exploits of, 94 et seq., 101, 161
Cuyler, the, 122, 135, 139
Dahlgren, Admiral, 105
Downes, Commander, 117 et seq.
Dupont, Admiral, 90, 105, 115
Ericsson, John, plans monitor, 55
Farragut, Admiral, 90, 123, 141, 145 et seq., 148, 150
Florida, blockade of, 124 et seq.
Florida, the, fights the
Massachusetts, 132; runs blockade of
Mobile, 137 et seq., 184 et seq.; captured at
Bahia, 187
Flusser,
Lieutenant-Commander, 97; killed, 98
Fisher, Fort, 90
Fox,
Captain Gustavus V., 61 (note), 66 (note), 234 et seq.
Freeborn, the, 86
Galveston, Tex., blockaded, 35, 140 et seq., 143 et seq.
Georgetown, 87 et seq.
Georgia, the, built, 214; cruises, 214 et seq.; sold, 215
Goldsborough, Commodore L. M., 60, 76 et seq., 90 et seq.
Greene, Lieutenant, S. Dana, on Monitor, 56, 69
Gunboats built, 19
Guns, naval, before and during the war, 2,15; loss of, at
Norfolk, 54
Hampton Roads, blockaded, 47, 82, 85
Handy, Captain, Robert, 125, 131
Harriet Lane, 143, 144 (note), 146 et seq.; captured, 148
Hatteras Inlet, 90
Hatteras, the, 150; fights
Alabama, 195 et seq.
Havana, a port for blockaderun-ners, 37
Housatonic, the, 111
Huntsville, the, 122, 136
ironclads at the outbreak of the war, 2
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Iroquois, the, 11; chases
Sumter, 175
Isherwood, B. F.,
Engineer-in-Chief, 49
Jamestown, the, 64, 66, 77
Jones, Lieutenant, Catesby, commands
Merrimac, 68
Kearsarge, the, 205; armament of, 206; fights
Alabama, 207 et seq.
Keystone State, blockades
Norfolk, 35; attacked by rams, 110
Key West, blockaded, 35, 83
Kittredge,
Acting--Lieutenant, commands expedition to
Corpus Christi, 142
Lardner, Captain, 123
Lee,
Acting Rear-Admiral, commands South Atlantic Squadron, 90
Lee, R. E., the, 156
McCauley, Commodore, 49, 51; destroys vessels at
Hampton Roads, 51 et seq.
McKean, Flag Officer, Wm. W., relieves
Commodore Mervine, 123
Maffitt, Captain, 137 et seq.; commands the
Florida, 184
Mallory, Confederate
Secretary of Navy, 22
Manassas, the, 129
Maps, the
Blockaded Coast, 36;
Hampton Roads, 50; entrances to
Cape Fear River, 92; entrances to
Charleston Harbor, 106; passes of the
Mississippi, 127; entrance to
Mobile Bay, 133; Galveston Harbor and entrance, 145
Marston, Captain, John, 60, 67
Mason, Confederate commissioner, seized, 177 et seq.
Massachusetts, the, at
Key West, 35, 121, 132
Matamoras, its importance to blockade runners, 37
Mattabesett, the, 99
Memphis, the, 111
Mercedita, the, attacked, 110 et seq.
Merrimac, the, 48 et seq., 61; name changed to
Virginia, 61, 62; in
Hampton Roads, 63 et seq.; fight with the
Monitor, 68 et seq.; repaired, 76; destroyed, 78
Mervine, Commodore, Wm., 84; commands Gulf Squadron, 121
Miami, the, 98
Minnesota, the, 60, 62, 65 et seq., 82, 85
Mississippi River blockaded, 122; passes of, 126 et seq.
Mississippi, the, 11, 84, 121 et seq.
Mobile, Ala., blockaded, 35, 122 et seq., 132 et seq.
Monitor, the, built, 55; its construction, 56 et seq.; voyage to
Chesapeake, 58 et seq.; at
Hampton Roads, 67; fight with the
Merrimac, 68 et seq., 78 et seq.; sinks, 81
Monroe, Fortress, 47 et seq., 52
Montauk, the, 216 et seq.; destroys the
Nashville, 217 et seq.
Morgan, Fort, 133, 139
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Morris, Captain, 187
Morris, Lieutenant, 62
Nahant, the, 117 et seq.
Nashville, the, fitted up, 215 et seq.; destroyed, 217 et seq.
Nassau, port for blockaderun-ners, 36 et seq., 155 et seq.
Navy, Confederate organization, etc., 21
Navy, Union organization, 1-21; condition of, in 1861, 232; close of war, 236
Navy Yard,
Norfolk, 46 et seq.; abandoned, 52 et seq.; partly destroyed, 53
Neptune, the, 147 et seq.
New Orleans, La., blockade at, 35, 46, 122
Newton, Isaac, Engineer of Monitor, 56, 58
Niagara, the, at
Charleston, 34, 84, 121 et seq.
Norfolk, Va., blockaded, 35, 46 et seq., 55, 71 et seq.; surrenders, 78
officers, naval, at commencement of war, 4 et seq.
Oneida, the, 136
Oreto, the, 183
Owasco, the, 144, 144 (note)
Palmetto State, the, attempts to raise blockade of
Charleston, 109 et seq.
Patrick Henry, the, 64, 66
Paulding, Commodore, Hiram, 51 et seq.; burns Navy Yard at
Norfolk.
53
Pawnee, the, 11, 51
Pendergrast, Commodore, 82, 84
Pensacola, Fla., blockaded, 35, 46. 122 et seq., 132
Pensacola, the, 11
Ponchartrain Lake blockaded, 4
Pope,
Captain John, 128, 131
Porter,
Commodore David D.,90 121
Port Royal, 105, 107
Port Royal, the, 77
Potomac River blockaded, 85
Powhattan, the, 11, 114, 121 et seq.
Preble, the, 128 et seq.
Privateers, the, 168 et seq.
Quaker City, the, 111
Raleigh, the, 77
Rams, at commencement of war 3, 48, 61, 63 et seq., 97 et se 109 et seq., 221
Rappahannock, the, 213 et seq.
Renshaw, Commander W. B. commands expedition to
Galveston, 143 et seq., 149; killed, 150
Resolute, the, 86
Rhode Island, the, 79
Richmond, the, 11, 128 et seq.
Roanoke, the, 60, 62, 65 et seq., 66 (note)
Rodgers, Commander, John, 117 et seq.
Rowan, Commander, 91
Sabine River, its importance to blockade-runners, 142 et seq.
St. Lawrence, the, 62, 66 et seq., 89, 172
St Louis, the, 122
San Jacinto, the, 177, 194
Sassacus, the, 99
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Savannah, Ga., blockaded, 35, 85, 87 et seq., 107, 109
Selfridge, Lieutenant, 51
Semmes, Captain, commands the
Sumter, 173 et seq.; commands the
Alabama, 192 et seq., 209 et seq., 222 et seq.
Shenandoah, the, bought, 218; cruise of, 219 et seq., 220
Ship Island, 132
Smith, Captain, Melancton, 99
Smith,
Lieutenant Joseph B., 61
South Carolina, the, at
Pensacola, 35; at
Galveston, 35, 140
Southfield, the, sunk, 93
Steamers, disposition at commencement of war, 14; purchases of, 17 et seq., 20 et seq.
Stonewall, the, 221
Stripling,
Commodore Cornelius K., 123
Stringham, Commodore, appointed to command of Atlantic squadron, 82, 83 et seq., 90
Sumter, the, 172 et seq.; sold 176; damage done by, 176
Tahoma, the, 124 et seq.
Tallahassee, the, career of, 237 et seq.
Tattnall, Commodore, assumes command of naval defences of
Virginia, 76; sinks
Merrimac.
78
Texas, blockade and coast of, 46
Torpedoes, invention and early history of, 3 et seq.
Tredegar Iron Works, 22, 54
Trent, the, 177 et seq.
Tuscaloosa, the, 199 et seq.
Union, the, blockades
Savannah, 85
Vanderbilt, the, 77, 203 et seq.
Vincennes, the, 128, 130 et seq.
Wachusett, the, captures the
Florida, 188, 202
Ward, Commodore, Jas. H., 85 et seq.; killed, 88
Water Witch, the, 122, 128 et seq.
Weehawken, the, captures the
Atlanta, 117 et seq.
Westfield, the, 143, 144 (note); 146 et seq.; destroyed, 150
Wilkes, Captain, 140; seizes
Mason and
Slidell, 177 et seq.
Wilkes, Captain, Chas., commands flying squadron, 201; relieved of command, 203 et seq.
Wilmington, 85, 87 et seq.; harbor of, 91, 92 et seq.
Winslow, Lieutenant, Francis, 128 et seq., 135
Worden,
Lieutenant John L., commands Monitor, 56, 67 et seq.; wounded, 71, 75 (note); commands
Montauk, 216
Wyalusing, the, 99
