Part 16

Lost liners, accounts of individual ships: _City of Boston_, 22, 24; _City of Glasgow_, 24; _Cyclops_, 25-29; _David G. Worth_, 21; _Huronian_, 24; _Naronic_, 24, 25; _Pacific_, 22, 24, 35; _Pericles_, 35; _President_, 22, 23, 24; _Tempest_, 24; _Thanemore_, 22.

_Louise_, derelict merchant ship, 8.

Lumina, N.C., wreck near, 55.

_Lynx_, derelict blockade runner, 95-97, 102, 110.

McCaleb, Flora, 112.

McCrae, Lieut.-Col. John, quoted, vii.

McDonald, Captain, ship _Storm King_, 184, 185, 186, 188.

McDougal, George C., character of, 61; mentioned, 115, 116, 118; quoted, 213-219.

Macon, Fort, 134.

Maffitt, Eugene, 188.

Maffitt, Capt. John Newland, account of activities in Confederate Navy, 201-212; attempts to enter forts taken by Federals, 209, 210; character and ability of, 203, 204; daring run of, 143-148; dispute with American consul at Nassau, 216; finding of last port closed, 199, 201, 202; in command of _Lilian_, 39, 266; of _Owl_, xii, 110; last voyage in command of _Owl_, 208-212; mentioned, 109, 111; orders to, 110, 212, 266; paper on building of ram _Albemarle_, 202; regard of Federal officers for, 203, 204; remarkable run into Mobile Bay on _Florida_ by, 205-207; rescue of Spanish barque by, 145, 146; takes charge of ram _Albemarle_, 266; of _Oreto_ (_Florida_), 215, 278.

Malingerers, stories about, 177-179.

Mallory, Hon. S.R., Secretary of Confederate Navy, mentioned, 276; order by, 110, 111.

_Malvern_, U.S.S., blockader, 137.

_Maratanza_, U.S.S., blockader, 170, 171.

_Margaret and Jessie_, blockade runner, normal experience of, 235-237.

_Margaret and Jessie_, U.S.S., former blockade runner, 137, 198.

_Marie Celeste_, derelict merchant ship, 11.

_Mariner_, tug, runs the blockade, 173, 174.

Marshall, Captain, blockade runner _Index_, 196, 197, 198.

Martin, Captain, blockade runner _Susan Beirne_, 199.

Martin, Alfred, 62.

Martin, E.S., 62, 63, 64, 210.

_Mary Celeste_, blockade runner, 219.

Masonboro Inlet, wrecks near, 56, 80, 81, 87, 90.

Masonboro Sound, wrecks near, 90.

Maury, Gen. Dabney H., 241.

_Merrimac_, Confederate ironclad, x.

Meteorological Office, British, work regarding derelicts, 4.

_Minnesota_, U.S.S., blockader, 91, 92, 102.

_Modern Greece_, derelict blockade runner, 59-61, 173.

_Montgomery_, U.S.S., blockader, 104, 106.

_Morgan_, Confederate gunboat, 241.

Morrelle, Doctor, 63.

Morris, Capt. Charles M., Confederate ship _Florida_, 278.

"Mound," Colonel Lamb erects, 231; range lights on, 231-233.

Mount Tirza, Fort, location of, 169.

Munn, Captain, 91, 92.

Murray-Aynsley, Admiral, British Navy, 160, 164, 165, 166.

_Nansemond_, U.S.S., blockader, 62, 80, 86, 87.

_Naronic_, lost liner, 24, 25.

_Narrative of a Blockade Runner_, extracts from, 221-231.

Nassau, British port of blockade runners, 71, 79, 170, 237; Federal spies in, 276; incidents in, 213-219.

_Naval History of the Civil War_, extracts from, 203-207.

Navy, Federal, contribution to success of North in Civil War, x, xii.

Near derelict, account of, 143-148.

New Berne, N.C., 93.

_New Berne_, U.S.S., blockader, 133, 139, 142.

New Inlet, mentioned, 57, 60, 63, 80, 83, 90, 103, 119, 122, 138, 196; wrecks near, 59, 152, 170.

_Night Hawk_, derelict blockade runner, 119-130, 152, 160.

_Niobe_, British man-of-war, rescue of part of crew of steamer _Virginius_ by, 244-245.

_Niphon_, U.S.S., blockader, 84, 86, 90, 91, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143.

_Normania_, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.

North American Blockading Squadron, 90.

_North Carolina_, Confederate gunboat, building of, 168.

North Carolina coast, advantages for blockade running, 57, 223.

_Northfleet_, sinking of, 22.

_North Heath_, derelict blockade runner, ix, 112-114.

_Nutfield_, derelict blockade runner, 82, 83.

Nutt, Henry, 63.

Old Capitol Prison, Mrs. Greenhow imprisoned in, 151.

Old Inlet, mentioned, 57.

_Oreto._ See _Florida_, Confederate ship.

_Owl_, blockade runner, 102, 199, 208-212.

_Pacific_, lost liner, 22, 24, 35.

_Penobscot_, U.S.S., blockader, 119, 171.

_Pericles_, steamship, destruction of, 35.

Peters, W.H.C., Confederate Government agent in Wilmington, 111.

_Pevensey_, derelict blockade runner, 131-136.

_Phantom_, derelict blockade runner, 90, 102, 103, 104.

Porcher, Doctor, 275.

Porter, Admiral David D., U.S. Navy, commander attacks on Fort Fisher, 162, 209; quoted, 204-207.

Preble, Commander, U.S. Navy, failure to capture Confederate ship _Florida_, 205-208.

_President_, lost liner, 22, 23, 24.

Prioleau, Charles K., 262.

_Ptarmigan_, blockade runner, 131.

_Quaker City_, U.S.S., blockader, 99, 102, 133.

Quarantine experiences of blockade runner _Lilian_, 181-188.

Range lights, along Southern coast, 231; on the "Mound," 231-233.

_Ranger_, derelict blockade runner, 97-100, 101, 102.

Reed, Captain, blockade runner _Lynx_, 95-97.

_R.E. Lee_, blockade runner, successful deception by, 226, 227.

_Resolute_ (British), derelict merchant ship, 13, 14.

Ridgely, Captain, U.S.S. _Shenandoah_, 78.

Roberts, Captain. See Hobart.

Roberts, Lieutenant, captain of the _President_ and the _Sirius_, 23.

Roe, Lieut.-Commander F.A., U.S.S. _Sassacus_, official report by, 75-78.

Roosevelt, Hon. Franklin D., letter relative to rescue of steamer _Korona_ from, 48, 49; order declaring _Cyclops_ lost signed by, 29.

_Rosario_, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.

_Rouen_, blockade runner, capture of, 198.

_Royal Charter_, sinking of, 22.

Russellboro, N.C. (colonial), 284.

St. Philip, Fort, location of, 169.

_San Francisco_, destruction of a derelict by, 14.

_Sassacus_, U.S.S., blockader, 74-77, 82, 83.

_Savannah_, derelict merchant ship, 41.

Scharf, Colonel, mentioned, 202; quoted, 231.

Scipio, family servant, story of, 271-275, 285.

Scotch brig, story of capture in 1813, 247-249.

Seddon, Hon. James A., Confederate Secretary of War, 91, 93.

_Seminole_, U.S.S., rescue work of, 41-49.

Semmes, Captain, mentioned, 203, 204.

_Shenandoah_, U.S.S., blockader, abstract log of, 264, 265; chases _Lilian_, 78, 94, 95; mentioned, 141.

Ships, causes of destruction of, 30-40; damage by tidal waves to, 36, 37; malicious destruction of, 9, 10, 37-40.

_Shokokon_, U.S.S., blockader, 91.

_Siddartha_, derelict barque, 7.

_Sirius_, first English-owned steamer to cross Atlantic, 23.

Smith, Capt. C.G., quoted, 235-237.

Smith's Island, 223.

Smithville, N.C. See Southport, N.C.

_Southern Historical Papers_, extracts from, 157-163.

Southport, N.C., mentioned, 223, 230; wrecks near, 115.

Spanish barque, rescue by Captain Maffitt of, 145, 146.

Spanish Government, recognition of American rights to steamer _Virginius_ by, 246.

Spies, Federal, in Bermuda and Nassau, 276.

Sprunt, Alexander, 63.

Sprunt, Alexander & Son, letter relative to rescue of steamer _Korona_ from, 47, 48.

_Spunkie_, derelict blockade runner, 102, 103.

_Stars and Stripes_, U.S.S., blockader, 60.

Steele, Captain, blockade runner _Banshee_, 84; mentioned, 74, 163.

_Storm King_, 184, 185.

Stubbs, Captain, blockade runner _Kate_, second, 118.

_Susan Beirne_, blockade runner, ix, 199.

_Tallahassee_, Confederate warship, 38.

Taylor, Thomas E., escapes from Federal captors, 160, 161; mentioned, 153; quoted, 67-74, 83-85, 120-130, 163-166.

_Tempest_, lost liner, 24.

Terry, General, commands land attack on Fort Fisher, 209.

_Thanemore_, lost liner, 22.

Three-funnel boats, account of, 130, 131.

Tidal waves, ships damaged by, 36, 37.

_Titanic_, iceberg causes sinking of, 15.

Topsail Inlet, wrecks near, 52, 75.

_Tornado_, Spanish man-of-war, capture of steamer _Virginius_ by, 243.

_Tuscarora_, U.S.S., blockader, 79, 99.

_Umbria_, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.

Usina, Capt. Michael, quoted, 108, 109.

_Venus_, derelict blockade runner, 85-88, 90, 166.

_Vesta_, derelict blockade runner, 97, 100, 101.

_Vila_, derelict merchant ship, 10.

_Virgin_, steamer. See _Virginius_.

_Virginia_, blockade runner, name changed, 112.

_Virginius_, steamer, barbarous treatment of officers and crew by Spaniards, 243, 244; capture of, 243; recognition by Spanish Government of American rights to, 246; rescue of part of crew of, 244, 245; sale of, 242; sinking of, 246.

Vizetelly, Frank, correspondent of _London Illustrated News_, 160, 163.

Vogel, Capt. Leo, 187.

_Vulture_, blockade runner, 131.

_Wachusett_, U.S.S., capture of C.S. _Florida_ by, 278.

Walker, Maj. Norman S., Confederate agent, 131, 134.

_Wartah_, steamship, capsizing of, 33, 34.

Welles, Hon. Gideon, Secretary U.S. Navy, 100, 136, 142, 225.

Western Bar of Cape Fear River, 223, 236.

Whiting, American consul at Nassau, dispute with Captain Maffitt, 216; experience with Confederate flag, 216, 217.

Whiting, Gen. W.H.C., commander Confederate forces in Wilmington, 91; mentioned, 67, 162, 191, 192; official report by, 91-93.

Whitworth guns, 54, 58, 83, 91, 92, 93, 134, 170, 193, 197.

_Wild Dayrell_, derelict blockade runner, 66, 72-78.

Wilkes, Commodore, 108, 109.

Wilkinson, Capt. John, account of activities in Confederate Navy, 221-227; commander blockade runner _Chameleon_, xii; C.S. steamer, _R.E. Lee_, 221; quoted, 221-231, 231-233.

_Will-o'-the-Wisp_, blockade runner, 121.

Williams, Robert, 198.

Williams, Capt. Thomas, 21.

Wilmington, N.C., advantages as port for blockade runners, 57, 94, 223, 266; approaches to, 266; Confederate troops stationed in and around, 92, 174; construction of Confederate ships at, 172, 174; effect of the war on, 227-229.

Wilmington Historical and Literary Society, investigations by, 62-64.

Wilson, Captain, blockade runner _Margaret and Jessie_, 235, 236.

Wilson, Rev. Doctor, father of the President, 62.

Wilson, Capt. William, account of exploits with ship _Emily St. Pierre_, 250-262.

Wise, Captain, blockade runner _Cape Fear_, 112.

_W.L. White_, derelict merchant ship, 5.

Wood, Doctor, 63.

Wrightsville Beach, wrecks near, 51, 56.

_Yamacraw_, Coast Guard cutter, 45.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 7: Stranded blockade runners are indexed in this book as derelict blockade runners.]