LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Farragut’s Fleet Passing Forts Jackson and St. Philip. (From a painting by Carlton T. Chapman),[Frontispiece]
A Thirty-two-pound Carronade from the Constitution. [1]
The Minnesota as a Receiving Ship. (From a photograph by Rau), [3]
A Loop-pattern Gun of 1836—a Type which Runs back over 100 Years, [4]
A Thirty-two-pounder from the Captured Macedonian—now at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (From a photograph), [5]
A Thirty-two-pounder from the Captured Macedonian. [7]
Old Cast-iron Thirty-two-pounder (Believed to be Spanish), [8]
John Ericsson, [10]
The Great Western—One of the First Steamships to Cross the Atlantic Ocean. (After an old painting), [13]
Twelve-inch Wrought-iron Gun—the Mate to the “Peacemaker,” which Burst on the Princeton. (From a photograph of the original at the Brooklyn Navy Yard), [14]
U. S. Ironclad Steamship Roanoke. (From an old lithograph), [15]
U. S. Frigate Pensacola off Alexandria. (From a photograph taken in 1865), [16]
A Twelve-pound Bronze Howitzer—the First One Made in the United States. (From a photograph of the original at the Brooklyn Navy Yard), [18]
A Dahlgren Gun, [19]
Two Blakely Guns at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, [22]
The Blockaded Coast. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [29]
Map Showing Position of United States Ships of War in Commission March 4, 1861, [33]
Gideon Welles. (From a photograph), [34]
Gustavus V. Fox. (From an engraving), [36]
Garrett J. Pendergrast, [39]
A Four-pound Cast-iron Gun Captured from a Blockade-runner, [49]
An Eighteen-pound Rifle Captured from a Blockade-runner, [52]
A Six-pound Gun Captured from a Blockade-runner, [53]
A Nassau View—Along the Shore East of the Town. (From a photograph by Rau), [54]
Nassau Schooners. (From a photograph by Rau), [55]
The Blockade-runner Teaser. (From a photograph made in 1864), [60]
Washington, D. C., and its Vicinity, [67]
Hiram Paulding. (From an engraving by Hall), [71]
A View of the Norfolk Navy Yard. (From a photograph by Cook), [73]
The Old New Hampshire at the Norfolk Navy Yard. (From a photograph by Cook), [77]
Burning of the Vessels at the Norfolk Navy Yard, [79]
The Confederate States Privateer Savannah, Letter of Marque No. 1, Captured off Charleston by the U. S. Brig Perry, Lieutenant Parrott, [88]
Destruction of the Privateer Petrel by the St. Lawrence. (From an engraving by Hinshelwood of the painting by Manzoni), [95]
S. H. Stringham. (From an engraving by Buttre), [100]
B. F. Butler. (From a photograph), [101]
Bombardment and Capture of the Forts at Hatteras Inlet, N. C. (From a lithograph published by Currier & Ives), [103]
Eight-inch Mortar Captured at Hatteras, [107]
L. M. Goldsborough. (From an engraving by Buttre), [108]
Stephen C. Rowan. (From a photograph), [109]
Attack on Roanoke Island—Landing of the Troops. (From an engraving of the painting by Chappel), [110]
Landing of Troops on Roanoke Island. (From an engraving by Perine of a drawing by Momberger), [110]
Surrender of the Navy Yard at Pensacola. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [113]
Henry Walke. (From a photograph), [114]
John G. Sproston. (From a photograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), [120]
Galveston Harbor. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [122]
Passes of the Mississippi. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [126]
James Murray Mason and John Slidell. (The two captured commissioners), [141]
Charles Wilkes. (From an engraving by Dodson of the portrait by Sully), [143]
William H. Seward. (From a photograph), [155]
S. F. Dupont. (From a photograph), [163]
C. R. P. Rodgers. (From a photograph), [164]
S. W. Godon. (From a painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), [165]
Josiah Tattnall. (From an engraving by Hall), [168]
Plan of Fort Walker on Hilton Head. (From a drawing by R. Sturgis, Jr., in 1861), [169]
Bombardment of Port Royal, S. C. (From an engraving by Ridgeway of a drawing by Parsons), [175]
Bombardment and Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, November 7, 1861. (From an engraving by Perine), [179]
Franklin Buchanan, [189]
The New Ironsides in Action. (From a photograph, of a drawing, owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), [190]
The Giant and the Dwarfs; or, John E. and the Little Mariners. (From a Swedish caricature, February 10, 1867), [191]
The Monitor, [192]
Hampton Roads. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [196]
Fortress Monroe and its Vicinity, [199]
The Sinking of the Cumberland by the Ironclad Merrimac. (From a lithograph published by Currier & Ives), [202]
The Merrimac Ramming the Cumberland. (From a drawing by M. J. Burns), [205]
George U. Morris. (From a photograph owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), [207]
J. L. Worden. (From a photograph), [216]
Deck View of the Monitor and her Crew. (From a photograph), [219]
The Fight between the Merrimac and the Monitor. (From a lithograph published by Currier & Ives), [221]
In the Monitor’s Turret, [223]
The Action between the Monitor and the Merrimac. (From an engraving of the picture by Chappel), [227]
Group of Officers on Deck of the Monitor. (From a photograph), [232]
Destruction of the Merrimac off Craney Island. (From a lithograph published by Currier & Ives), [237]
Mississippi Valley—Cairo to Memphis. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [242–3]
The Cairo. (From a photograph), [244]
The Pittsburg. (After a photograph), [245]
The Mississippi Fleet off Mound City, Illinois. (From a photograph owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), [247]
A. H. Foote. (From a photograph), [250]
The Battle of Belmont: First Attack by the Taylor and the Lexington. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [253]
Battle of Belmont: U. S. Gunboats Repulsing the Enemy during the Debarkation. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [257]
Interior of the Taylor during the Battle of Belmont. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [259]
Battle of Fort Henry. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [263]
Battle of Fort Donelson. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [269]
Explosion on Board the Carondelet at the Battle of Fort Donelson. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [273]
U. S. Flotilla Descending the Mississippi River. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [277]
Battle with Fort No. 1 above Island No. 10. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [279]
The Carondelet Running the Gauntlet at Island No. 10. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [285]
The Carondelet Attacking the Forts below Island No. 10. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [287]
U. S. Gunboats Capturing the Confederate Forts below Island No. 10, April 7th. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [291]
Battle of Fort Pillow. (From a painting by Admiral Walke) [295]
The Battle of Fort Pillow. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [299]
The Battle of Memphis—First Position. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [303]
After the Battle of Memphis. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [305]
Battle of Memphis—The Confederates Retreating. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [309]
David Glasgow Farragut. (From a photograph), [312]
Thirteen-inch Mortar from Farragut’s Fleet. (From a photograph made at the Brooklyn Navy Yard), [316]
New Orleans, La., and its Vicinity, [319]
Mortar Boats. (From an engraving), [322]
Beginning of the Battle of New Orleans. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [327]
Battle of New Orleans. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [331]
The Battle of New Orleans. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [335]
Confederate Ironclad Ram Stonewall Jackson. (From a photograph), [337]
The Essex after Running the Batteries at Vicksburg and Port Hudson. (After a photograph), [341]
The Carondelet after Passing Vicksburg. (From a photograph), [342]
Battle between the Carondelet and the Arkansas. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [346]
Battle between the Arkansas and the Carondelet. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [347]
Destruction of the Arkansas near Baton Rouge, August 4, 1862. (From a lithograph published by Currier & Ives), [349]
David D. Porter. (From a photograph), [350]
Admiral Farragut Passing Port Hudson. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [353]
The U. S. Flotilla Passing the Vicksburg Batteries. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [355]
Battle of Grand Gulf—First Position. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [359]
Battle of Grand Gulf—Second Position. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [363]
Battle of Grand Gulf—Third Position. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [365]
Admiral Porter on Deck of Flagship at Grand Écore, La. (From a photograph), [368]
U. S. Ram Lafayette. (From a photograph), [369]
U. S. Gunboat Fort Hindman. (From a photograph), [370]
Joseph Bailey. (From a photograph), [371]
Red River Dam. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [373]
The Fleet Passing the Dam. (From an engraving), [375]
Entrance to Mobile Bay. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [378]
Farragut and Drayton on Board the Hartford at Mobile Bay. (Drawn by I. W. Taber from a photograph), [387]
Battle of Mobile Bay. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [390–91]
T. A. M. Craven (From a photograph owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), [393]
Battle of Mobile Bay. (From a painting by Admiral Walke), [397]
The Confederate Ram Tennessee, Captured at Mobile. (From a photograph), [404]
Raphael Semmes. (From a photograph owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), [408]
The Florida Running the Blockade at Mobile. (After a painting by R. S. Floyd), [421]
“A Prize Disposed and One Proposed.” (After a painting by R. S. Floyd), [425]
Raphael Semmes and his Alabama Officers. (From a photograph owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), [433]
John A. Winslow. (From a photograph), [436]
Engagement between the U. S. S. Kearsarge and the Alabama off Cherbourg, on Sunday, June 19, 1864. (From a French lithograph), [439]
The Kearsarge Sinking the Alabama. (From an engraving), [443]
Action between the Kearsarge and the Alabama. (From an engraving of the painting by Chappel), [445]
Whitworth Rifle Captured from the Shenandoah, [448]
Three Famous Confederate Cruisers. (From a painting by M. J. Burns), [449]
William B. Cushing. (From a photograph), [457]
Cushing Blowing up the Albemarle, [462]
Charleston Harbor. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [466]
Battery Brown: Twenty-eight-inch Parrott Rifle. (From a photograph by Haas & Peale), [468]
In the Charleston Batteries: 300-pounder Parrott Rifle after Bursting of Nozzle. (From a photograph by Haas & Peale), [469]
General Map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, Showing Confederate Defences and Obstructions, [476–7]
Ironclads and Monitors Bombarding the Defences at Charleston. (From an engraving), [481]
Confederate Ironclad Atlanta, Captured at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [487]
The Weehawken and the Atlanta. (From a wood-cut), [488]
John A. B. Dahlgren. (From a photograph), [489]
Bomb-proof of Fort Wagner. (From a photograph by Haas & Peale), [491]
Battery Hayes: Eighteen-inch Parrott Rifle—Dismounted Breaching Battery against Sumter. (From a photograph by Haas & Peale), [492]
Battery Kirby: Twenty-eight-inch Seacoast Mortars against Sumter. (From a photograph by Haas & Peale), [493]
Admiral Dahlgren and Staff on the Pawnee at Charleston. (From a photograph), [496]
Sketch Showing Torpedo Boats as Constructed at Charleston, S. C. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [498]
The Entrance to Cape Fear River, Showing Fort Fisher. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [504]
Plan and Sections of Fort Fisher. (From “The Navy in the Civil War”), [506]
The Bombardment of Fort Fisher. (From a lithograph), [517]
T. O. Selfredge. (From a photograph owned by Mr. C. B. Hall), [519]
Second Attack upon Fort Fisher by the U. S. Navy, under Rear-admiral D. D. Porter, January 13, 14, 15, 1865, [521]
The Old Method of Handling a Ship’s Bowsprit. (From an old engraving), [524]
Hauling a Vessel into Port a Hundred Years Ago. (From an old engraving), [525]
The White Squadron in Mid-ocean. (From a drawing by R. F. Zogbaum), [529]
U. S. S. Charleston, San Diego Harbor. (From a photograph), [531]
The Columbia on her Government Speed Trial. (From a photograph by Rau), [534]
Plan of the Iowa, [536]
Plan of the Constitution, [537]
The Vesuvius. (From a photograph by Rau), [541]
Launching of one of the Holland Boats, the Holland, at Elizabethport, N. J., 1897. (From a photograph belonging to the John P. Holland Co.), [543]
Another of the Holland Submarine Boats: the Plunger. (From a photograph of a drawing belonging to the John P. Holland Co.), [545]
The Harbor of Rio Janeiro, Showing the Frigate Savannah Struck by a Squall, July 5, 1856. (From a lithograph), [549]
The Stern and Propeller of the Nipsic after the Samoan Hurricane. (From a photograph), [551]
The Harbor after the Samoan Hurricane. (From a photograph), [553]

A Thirty-two-pound Carronade from the Constitution.