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.