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Dahlgren, Rear-Admiral J. A., 64, 380; Foote, John A., 17, 18, 56, 105, 152.

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G.

Donelson, Fort, description of, 220; Funeral obsequies, 381.
movement upon, 221; attack of, by
the gun-boats, 222; surrender of, 225.
Dupont, Rear-Admiral S. F., 105; let-
ter from, 147.

E.

Eads, James B., 163, 164.
Economy in business matters, 366.
Eddyville, action at, 177.
Educational matters, 57, 143.
Ellet's "ram-fleet," 312, 323, 326.
Enlistment meetings, 345.
Essex, the gun-boat, 158, 202.
Expedition up the Tennessee, 211.
Extracts from sea-journal, 51, 90.

F.

Grampus, the, 25.

Grant, General U. S., 162, 171, 184, 185,
221, 225, 231, 236.

Gregory, Commodore, 25, 66, 87, 372,
382.

Grimes, speech of Senator, 261, 271.
Gun-boats, history of the, 164; cost of
the, 179.

Gwin, Captain, 214, 215, 296, 342.

H.

Halleck, General, 185; letters and dis-
patches from, 193, 232, 233, 235, 238,
265, 275.

Henriques, Surgeon S., 327, 398.

False position in regard to the Army, Hollins, engagement with his fleet, 295.
251.

Family, 13, 14.

Holy Land, visit to the, 35.

Farragut, Rear-Admiral, 280, 306, 315, Honolulu, 43.

Hong-Kong, 111, 127.

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Flotilla, preparation of the Western, 158; Hull, Commodore, 28.

names of the gun-boats, 158.

Flying Fish, difficulty with captain of

the, 93.

I.

Improved propeller, 65.

Foote, Augustus, 17, 375; letter to son Incessant activity, 367.

Augustus, 135.

Foote, Caroline, 34..

Foote, Caroline Augusta, 57; letters to,
132, 189, 228, 230, 235, 248, 269, 279,
288.

Foote, Eudocia, 15.

Influences to a sea-life, 19.

Iron-plated ships, introduction of, 156.
Island No. Ten, description of, 225;
bombardment of, 266; operations at,
276; surrender of, 289; fruits of vic-
tory, 293.

Index.

409

J.

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N.

Nashville, Foote expected at, 236.
Natchez, the, 31.

Naval Asylum in Philadelphia, 54.
"Naval Efficiency Board," 104.
Naval preparations at the opening of the
war, 155.

Naval reform in Congress, 63.
Naval schools, 55.

Navy of the Revolution, 38; of the war
of 1812, 39; increased popularity of
the, 39; condition of, at the opening
of the war, 145; of the West, 258;
esprit de corps in the, 351.
Navy Yard at Boston, 60.
New Haven, birthplace at, 13.
New Madrid, 256, 257.

"New York Port Society," tribute of,
399.

Loss of children, 364.
Lossing's "Civil War in America," quot- Ningpo, 127.
ed, 157, 195, 199, 223, 225, 237, 257,
293, 294, 311.

Louisa Beaton, the, 79.

Louisville, the gun-boat, 158, 222, 223,
224, 266.

Lucas's Bend, the fight at, 171.

M.

Macomb, Captain, letter from, 141.
Mahon, 37.

Marriage, 34, 57.

Martha, capture of the slave-ship, 82.
McClellan, General G. B., 229.
McClernand, General, 199, 209, 222.
Meigs, Quartermaster, dispatches of, 162,
163, 181, 324.

Memphis, fall of, 323, 325.

Mental qualities, 384, 386.

Mercer, Captain, letter from, 149.
Merrimack, the iron-clad, 157.
Military profession, scruples respecting
the, 33.

Missionaries to be recognized as Ameri-

can citizens, 47; steady friend of, 99.
Mississippi, the, 253.

0.

Official reports, 113, 172, 196, 204, 216,
226, 227, 234, 242, 248, 249, 266,
272, 273, 276, 280, 290, 291, 297,
300, 301, 302.

Orders, 197, 198, 282, 312.
Owensboro, expedition to, 172.

P.

Patterson, Commodore, 35.

Paulding, Commodore, letters from, 351,
374.

Peacock, the, 27.

Pennock, Captain, 159, 304.
Perry, cruise of the, 66, 75.
Personal courage, 389.

Personal relations to other officers, 342.
Phelps, Commander S. L., letters from,

160, 171, 174, 177, 191, 192, 211,
317, 318, 325, 332, 340, 347.
Philanthropic labors, 137.

Pillow, Fort, operations at, 297, 300;
evacuation of, 311; naval fight at, 317.
Pirates of the Gulf, 27.

Monument in Brooklyn Navy Yard, 140. Pittsburg, Tenn., gun-boat engagement

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Political agitation, beginnings of, 145.
Polk, Major-General, 245, 248.
Pomare, Queen, 49.

Pope, General John, 257, 282, 287, 289,
295.

Slave-trade, the African, 67, 71.
Smith, General C. F., 184.

Smith, Rear-Admiral Joseph, letters
from, 61, 63, 75, 87, 97, 100, 141,
167, 219, 239, 261, 316, 340, 385.

Porter, Captain, wounded at Fort Hen- Smith, Truman, letter to, 81.
ry, 202.

Social characteristics, 387.

Porter, Commodore David D., letter South America, cruising-ground, 29,

from, 359.

Porto Praya, 85.

Portsmouth, cruise of the, 106, 122.

Preaching at Cairo, 218.

34.

South Atlantic squadron, appointment

to command of, 372.

Spiking rebel battery, 279.

Professional reputation, jealousy for, 388. Spirit-ration, abolishing the, 61.

Puritan household, 16.

Puritan stamp of religious character, 33.

R.

Read, Commodore, 44.

Stembel, Commander, 201, 312, 317;
letter from, 180.

Stewart, Chaplain, 36.

St. Helena, 87.

St. Louis, head-quarters at, 158.

Rear-Admiral, appointment to the office St. Louis, the, 34.
of, 354.

Reconnoissance up the Tennessee, 174;
of Fort Henry, 191; of Columbus, 241.
Religion, labors in the cause of, 139.
Religious character, 384.

Religious life, beginnings of, 32.

Report of physicians, 329.

Right of search, 74, 80.

Ringgold, Captain C., letter from, 356.
Rockwell, Hon. J. A., letter to, 62.
Rodgers, Commodore, Chief of Burean

of Docks and Yards, 404.

Rodgers, Commodore John, 164.

St. Louis, the gun-boat, 158, 204.
Storms, philosophy of, 69.
Street, Augustus Russel, 57.
Sunday, remarkable service on, 295.
Sword, presentation of a, 361.
Sympathy, element of character, 358.

Tahiti, 48.

T.

Tatnall, Commodore, 64, 133.

Taylor, the gun-boat, 158, 185, 196, 222,
228, 252, 296, 321.

Temperance address, 59, 97.

Running the blockade at Island No. Ten, Temperance reform in the Navy, 56, 58,

283.

S.

62, 97.

Tilghman, Brigadier-General, 195, 203.
Total-abstinence principles, 385.

Sailor, qualities as a, 398; friend of the, Treaty of United States with Great Brit-
399.

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Index.

411

W.

Walke, Rear-Admiral H., 221, 283, 287,
291;
letters from, 161, 186, 288.
Wallace, General Lew., 200, 225.
War record, 397.

Washington, residence in, 366.
Welles, Secretary, letters to, 266, 299,
310; letters, private and official, from,
23, 153, 154, 156, 210, 251, 294, 298,
308, 315, 330, 337, 339, 344, 355, 365,
379, 391.

West Point Academy, 24.

Wilkes, Commodore, 50.

Wise, Quartermaster Henry A., 194,
324.

Wounded at Fort Donelson, 227.

Y.

Yale College, Alumni meeting, July 30,
1862, 353.

Yazoo River, operations of gun-boats up
the, 348.

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