The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897, vol. 4 (of 4)

A Brief Story of the Development of the Warship that was Propelled by both Sails and Steam--The Remarkable Floating Battery of 1814-- Barron’s Idea of a Ram--The Stevens Floatin...

Lincoln’s Proclamation--It was Something of a Task to Close 185 Inlets and Patrol 11,953 Miles of Sea-beaches, especially with the Force of Ships in Hand--One Merchant’s Notion...

Effective Work Done by Southern Naval Officers who Continued to Wear the National Uniform that they might the more Readily Betray the National Government--The Secretary of the N...

They Did Plenty of Damage for a Time, but their Career was Brief-- Capture of the First of the Class, and Trial of her Crew on a Charge of Piracy--Reasons why they could not be...

An Expedition Planned by the Navy Department that Resulted in the First Federal Victory of the Civil War--An Awkward Landing Followed by Ineffectual Fire from Ships under Way--O...

The Shameful Story of Pensacola and Fort Pickens--When Lieutenant Russell Burned the _Judah_--A British Consul’s Actions when Confederate Forts were Attacked at Galveston--Extra...

Capt. Charles Wilkes, of the American Navy, Took Four Confederate Diplomatic Agents from a British Ship Bound on a Regular Voyage between Neutral Parts, and without any Judicial...

A Fleet of Seventeen Ships, Carrying 155 Guns, Sent to Take a Harbor that would Make a Convenient Naval Station for the Atlantic Blockaders--There were Two “Exceedingly Well-bui...

Superior Activity of the Confederates in Preparing for Ironclad Warfare Afloat--Story of the Building and Arming of the _Merrimac_-- She was a Formidable Ship in Spite of Defect...

A Comparison between the _Monitor_ and the _Merrimac_ by the English Standard of 1812--It Astonished the Spectators to See the Tiny _Monitor’s_ Temerity--After Half a Day’s Firi...

Creating a Fleet for the Opening of the Water Route across the Confederacy--Ironclads that were not Shot-proof, but Fairly Efficient nevertheless--Guns that Burst and Boilers th...

It was Hard Work Getting the Squadron into the Mississippi-- Preparing the Ships to Run by the Forts Guarding the River--Mortar Schooners Hidden by Tree Branches--The Forts were...

The Forts and the Confederate Squadron the Union Forces were Compelled to Face--The Confederate Ironclad just Missed being a most Formidable Ship--Tedious Wait for Monitors--Whe...

The most Instructive Chapter in the History of the United States-- Work Accomplished by an Energetic Seaman in a Ship his Brother Officers Condemned--Brilliant Work of the _Flor...

A Formidable Warship was Built under Remarkable Conditions to Enable the Confederates to Regain Control of the Inland Waters of North Carolina--Very Successful at First, but she...

It was a Well-guarded Harbor, and the Channel was Long and Crooked-- The “Stone Fleet” and the Attitude of Foreign Powers--Brief Career of Two Confederate Ironclads--The Blockad...

It was One of the Best Works in the South, though not well Located-- Butler’s Powder-boat Scheme, and what he Expected to Accomplish by it--Throwing 15,000 Shells at the Fort Di...

The Folly of Allowing other Nations to Experiment for us--In Spite of what we Learned from their Mistakes, we were Unable, when we First Began for ourselves, to Build even a Fir...

A BRIEF STORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARSHIP THAT WAS PROPELLED BY BOTH SAILS AND STEAM--THE REMARKABLE FLOATING BATTERY OF 1814--BARRON’S IDEA OF A RAM--THE STEVENS FLOATING...

LINCOLN’S PROCLAMATION--IT WAS SOMETHING OF A TASK TO CLOSE 185 INLETS AND PATROL 11,953 MILES OF SEA-BEACHES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FORCE OF SHIPS IN HAND--ONE MERCHANT’S NOTION...

EFFECTIVE WORK DONE BY SOUTHERN NAVAL OFFICERS WHO CONTINUED TO WEAR THE NATIONAL UNIFORM THAT THEY MIGHT THE MORE READILY BETRAY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT--THE SECRETARY OF THE N...

THEY DID PLENTY OF DAMAGE FOR A TIME, BUT THEIR CAREER WAS BRIEF--CAPTURE OF THE FIRST OF THE CLASS, AND TRIAL OF HER CREW ON A CHARGE OF PIRACY--REASONS WHY THEY COULD NOT BE H...

AN EXPEDITION PLANNED BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT THAT RESULTED IN THE FIRST FEDERAL VICTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR--AN AWKWARD LANDING FOLLOWED BY INEFFECTUAL FIRE FROM SHIPS UNDER WAY--O...

THE SHAMEFUL STORY OF PENSACOLA AND FORT PICKENS--WHEN LIEUTENANT RUSSELL BURNED THE _JUDAH_--A BRITISH CONSUL’S ACTIONS WHEN CONFEDERATE FORTS WERE ATTACKED AT GALVESTON--EXTRA...

CAPT. CHARLES WILKES, OF THE AMERICAN NAVY, TOOK FOUR CONFEDERATE DIPLOMATIC AGENTS FROM A BRITISH SHIP BOUND ON A REGULAR VOYAGE BETWEEN NEUTRAL PARTS, AND WITHOUT ANY JUDICIAL...

A FLEET OF SEVENTEEN SHIPS, CARRYING 155 GUNS, SENT TO TAKE A HARBOR THAT WOULD MAKE A CONVENIENT NAVAL STATION FOR THE ATLANTIC BLOCKADERS--THERE WERE TWO “EXCEEDINGLY WELL-BUI...

SUPERIOR ACTIVITY OF THE CONFEDERATES IN PREPARING FOR IRONCLAD WARFARE AFLOAT--STORY OF THE BUILDING AND ARMING OF THE _MERRIMAC_--SHE WAS A FORMIDABLE SHIP IN SPITE OF DEFECTS...

A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE _MONITOR_ AND THE _MERRIMAC_ BY THE ENGLISH STANDARD OF 1812--IT ASTONISHED THE SPECTATORS TO SEE THE TINY _MONITOR’S_ TEMERITY--AFTER HALF A DAY’S FIRI...

CREATING A FLEET FOR THE OPENING OF THE WATER ROUTE ACROSS THE CONFEDERACY--IRONCLADS THAT WERE NOT SHOT-PROOF, BUT FAIRLY EFFICIENT NEVERTHELESS--GUNS THAT BURST AND BOILERS TH...

IT WAS HARD WORK GETTING THE SQUADRON INTO THE MISSISSIPPI--PREPARING THE SHIPS TO RUN BY THE FORTS GUARDING THE RIVER--MORTAR SCHOONERS HIDDEN BY TREE BRANCHES--THE FORTS WERE...

THE FORTS AND THE CONFEDERATE SQUADRON THE UNION FORCES WERE COMPELLED TO FACE--THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD JUST MISSED BEING A MOST FORMIDABLE SHIP--TEDIOUS WAIT FOR MONITORS--WHE...

THE MOST INSTRUCTIVE CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES--WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY AN ENERGETIC SEAMAN IN A SHIP HIS BROTHER OFFICERS CONDEMNED--BRILLIANT WORK OF THE _FLORI...

A FORMIDABLE WARSHIP WAS BUILT UNDER REMARKABLE CONDITIONS TO ENABLE THE CONFEDERATES TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE INLAND WATERS OF NORTH CAROLINA--VERY SUCCESSFUL AT FIRST, BUT SHE...

IT WAS A WELL-GUARDED HARBOR, AND THE CHANNEL WAS LONG AND CROOKED--THE “STONE FLEET” AND THE ATTITUDE OF FOREIGN POWERS--BRIEF CAREER OF TWO CONFEDERATE IRONCLADS--THE BLOCKADE...

IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST WORKS IN THE SOUTH, THOUGH NOT WELL LOCATED--BUTLER’S POWDER-BOAT SCHEME, AND WHAT HE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPLISH BY IT--THROWING 15,000 SHELLS AT THE FORT DIS...

THE FOLLY OF ALLOWING OTHER NATIONS TO EXPERIMENT FOR US--IN SPITE OF WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THEIR MISTAKES, WE WERE UNABLE, WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN FOR OURSELVES, TO BUILD EVEN A FIR...

cruising in Brazil, 152; fight with the British frigate _Java_, 153–173; wounded, 155; conducts his ship while his wounds are being dressed, 156; paroles 378 of the _Java’s_ cre...

Barry, Captain John, i. 39; commands American brig _Lexington_, 63; cruises off Virginia capes, 64; encounters British tender _Edward_, 64; sinks the _Effingham_, 188; captures...

Buchanan, Flag Officer Franklin, iv. 188; his difficulty in finding a crew, 195; wounded, 210; his report of the fight, _ib._; Confederate fleet of, at Mobile, 380; sends the _T...

Butler, General Benjamin F., sent to attack the forts on Hatteras Islands, iv. 100; his report at, 107; occupies New Orleans, 338, 339; his plan for blowing up Fort Fisher, 508–...

capture of the _Detroit_, 276, 278, 279; in command of the _Niagara_, 292; brings up the gun-boats, 322; criticized for inactivity, 335, 336; acts as second to Commodore Barron...

_Florida_, Confederate cruiser built at Liverpool, iv. 416; her first voyages, 417; Captain John Newland Maffitt appointed to command of, 418; is fired at by Captain Preble of t...

his sincere desire to stop the traffic, 364; captures the slave-ships _Martha_ and _Chatsworth_, 364–366; the “original prohibitionist of the navy,” 367; is sent to Canton to pr...

assembles a fleet at Paducah, 255; inspects the crews, 256; seeming insolence of Captain Walke to, 266; joins the expedition to Fort Donelson, 268; is seriously wounded, 271; ag...

Galveston, Texas, blockaded by the _South Carolina_, iv. 44; bombarded by Captain James Alden of the Federal frigate _South Carolina_, 121; the foreign consuls protest against t...

Jones, Captain Jacob, encounters the _Frolic_ in a gale, ii. 106; captures the _Frolic_, 107–117; surrenders the _Wasp_ and the _Frolic_ to the frigate _Poictiers_, 118, 119; re...

challenges Captain Greene, _ib._; compelled to raise the blockade, 180; recaptures the _William_, 181; captures the _Resolution_, _ib._; is chased by the _Peacock_, 182; the _Pe...

repairs to Vergennes, Vt., _ib._; in command of a squadron, 144, 145; his careful preparations, 147–150; his squadron assembled, 152; an interested audience, _ib._; the battle o...

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...

_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 A...

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 possessio...

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._; fir...

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...

_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...

In the original book, the index entries for "Biddle, Captain Nicholas" referring to Volume II. actually refer to his nephew, "Biddle, James", and some of those are in Volume III...