INDEX
Abaco lighthouse, [83]
American Civil War, outbreak of, [1]
Arab horse, an, [97], [98], [99]
Astoria, the, [30]
Avery, Mrs., [159]
Azores, gale off the, [20]
Bahamas, the, [24], [27], [39], [48], [82], [169]
Banshee, the, [33], [35], [36], [38], [39], [40], [41], [43], [47], [48],
[51], [59], [64], [67], [68], [69], [70], [73], [84], [93], [114], [115]
breakdown of, [71]
capture of, [85]
crew of, [34]
defects of, [35]
engines of, [47]
open house on, [65]
precautions on, [50]
total loss of, [85]
Banshee No. 2, the, [85], [98], [99], [100], [101], [124], [137], [139],
[141], [143], [148], [150], [151], [157], [160], [161], [163], [164]
Baton Rouge, [159]
Bayley, Mrs., [88]
Bermuda, [24], [39], [115], [117], [129], [169]
Big Hill, the, [53]
Blockade, declaration, [3]
experts, [28]
lessons of the, [167]
Blockaders and blockade-runners, [167]
Blockade-running, excitement of, [49]
risks of, [10]
Blockades of the future, [169]
Blockading fleet, the, [6]
Bragg, General, [163]
Branchville, [137]
British Government, attitude of, [9], [39]
British merchants, Southern sympathies of, [38]
Burgoyne, Captain Hugh, V.C., [59], [89], [91]
Burroughs, Pilot, [43], [51], [52], [53], [75], [117]
Butler, General, [133]
Cape Fear, [49]
Cape Fear Club, [63]
Cape Fear river, [44], [47], [58]
Capper, Captain, [101], [102], [108], [109]
Captain, H.M.S., [59], [89], [91]
Captures, [12]
Charleston, [24], [25], [28], [38], [117], [137], [163]
ships blockading, [6]
trade of, [25]
Chase, a weary, [81]
City Point, [58]
Clawson, Mr. T. W., [61]
Collie and Co., Alexander, [26]
Commerce destroyers, [7]
Confederate fleet, the, [6], [7], [8]
ports, [11]
states, trade of, [18]
Congress, the, [7]
Crawford, Mr., [146]
Cumberland, the, [7]
Curtis, General, [57], [61], [62], [63]
Davis, Mr. Jefferson, [97]
Deserter, execution of a, [159]
condemned, [28]
in quarantine, [30]
reaches Nassau, [20]
release of, [32]
seizure of, [31]
start of, [19]
yellow fever on board, [30]
Dinner bill, a, [139]
Dixie, [58]
Doering, Mr. Arthur, [88], [89], [94], [96]
Don, the, [90]
Erskine, chief engineer, [42], [77], [78], [81], [82]
Eugénie, the, [76]
Farragut, Admiral, [8]
Fastnet, the, [35]
Federal Navy, inadequacy of the, [8]
Florida, the, [7]
Fort Fisher, [46], [48], [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58], [60], [61],
[67], [73], [99], [103], [113], [114], [116], [140], [141], [163]
Fort Lafayette, [85]
Fraser, Trenholm and Co., [26]
Freight charges, [18]
Funchal Bay, [38]
Galveston, [25], [44], [111], [148], [150], [151],
[152], [153], [157], [159], [160], [163]
Galveston Bay, [157]
Game-cock, a, [100]
Georgia, [137]
Georgia, the, [7]
Grace Church, [57]
Great Eastern, the, [59]
Greenough or Greenhow, Mrs. Rose, [60], [128]
Gulf-stream, action of the, [169]
Halifax, [115]
Halpin, Captain, [59], [76], [77]
Hamilton, [116]
Hampton Roads, [7]
Harper, Captain John, [63]
Harper's Ferry, [57]
Havana, [25], [145], [146], [148], [149], [154], [162], [164]
Hewett, Captain, afterwards Admiral, V.C., [59], [89], [91], [124], [125]
Hicks Pasha, [89]
Hobart Pasha, [59], [89], [90]
Hoke, General, [134]
Holcombe, Professor, [60]
Hurst, Mr. Frank, [88], [90], [115], [148], [154], [158], [161], [165]
Infernal machine, an, [129]
International Exhibition, the, [9]
Irishman, a resourceful, [121]
James Adger, the, [78], [80], [84]
James river, the, [135], [136]
John Brown raid, the, [57]
Joint Stock Companies, establishment of, [93]
Lafitte, Mr. J. B., [26]
Lamb, Col. William, [55], [56], [57], [61], [62], [63],
[67], [75], [99], [104], [118], [125], [137], [163]
Lawley, Hon. Francis, [59]
Lincoln, President, [2], [3], [8]
Liquidation, a disastrous, [164]
Liverpool, [33]
confederate vessel in, [17]
Loading, reckless, [66]
Look-out man, pay of the, [48]
Madeira, [36]
Maffitt, Captain, [42]
Magruder, General, [157]
May, Mr., [126]
Minnesota, the, [67]
Mississippi, the, [159]
Monitor, the, [7]
Murray-Aynsley, Admiral, [59], [79], [81], [83], [90], [92], [165]
Nassau, [20], [22], [23], [24], [27], [38], [39], [40], [43], [44], [47],
[69], [80], [82], [101], [109], [114], [115], [129], [131], [133], [140],
[141], [145], [146], [147], [149], [160], [162], [163], [165], [174]
agencies at, [24]
freight charges at, [18]
National character, [175]
New Orleans, [25]
New Providence, [20]
New York, [30]
Night Hawk, the, [59], [116], [117], [118], [126], [162], [164]
boarded by Northerners, [120]
Niphon, the, [74]
Norfolk, surrender of, [57]
North Breaker shoal, the, [54], [73], [119]
North, policy of the, [29]
"Norther," a, [149], [150], [154]
Northerners, energy of the, [5]
fleet of the, [5]
views of, as to belligerents, [36]
Oreto, the, [42]
Orton, [58]
Paris, Congress at, [4]
Plimsoll Act, the, [16]
Port Royal, [30]
Porter's fleet, admiral, [60], [140], [141], [142]
Portman, Mr. Maurice, [89]
Potomac river, [4]
Power, Mr. Tom, [64]
Providence, [57]
Quarantine, [97]
Quick-firing guns, [172]
Race, a ding-dong, [79]
Randolph, General, [142]
Mrs., [143]
Rappahanock, the, [8]
Rhode Island, [57]
Richmond, [44], [98], [128], [131], [132], [133], [134], [135], [136], [137], [140]
privations in, [138]
Rio Grande, the, [4]
"Roberts," Captain, [59], [90], [91]
Royal Proclamation, reception of a, [9]
St. John, [32]
Savannah, [42]
Seceding States, seaboard of, [4]
Shenandoah, the, [7]
Sherman, General, [137]
Smith's Inlet, [118]
Smith's Island, [45]
South, acknowledgment of the, as belligerents, [3]
partisan leaning towards, [12]
Southern Historical Papers, extract from, [57]
Southern Ports, blockade of the, [3]
cargo suitable for, [18]
States, secession of, [2]
traders, [26]
Southerners, Navy of the, [6], [7]
Speed of vessels, [173]
Stanton, Mr. Secretary, [58]
Steele, Captain, [41], [42], [51], [52], [53], [67], [76],
[78], [79], [82], [85], [89], [109], [113], [152], [154]
Stormy Petrel, the, [114]
Stowaway, a, [80]
Suakim, Admiral Hewett, V.C., at, [91]
Sumpter, the, [8]
Tallahasse, the, [8]
Taylor, Mr. Tom, [59]
Tennessee, [137]
Tennessee, the, [8]
Texas, [158]
Trent, the, [13]
Tristram Shandy, the, [94], [95]
Tubal Cain, the, [42]
United States, fleet of the, [4]
Mercantile Navy of the, [8]
Venus, the, [92]
Virginia, [140]
Vizitelly, Mr. Frank, [59], [89]
War, end of the, [163]
Whitworth guns, Colonel Lamb's, [56], [137]
Wild Dayrell, the, [111], [114]
loss of, [113]
Wilkes, Captain, afterwards Admiral, [13], [14], [39], [40]
Will-o'-the-wisp, the, [101], [114], [144], [151]
ashore, [105]
destruction of, [111]
on fire, [106]
sale of, [110]
Wilmington, [24], [25], [38], [43], [44], [45], [47], [58],
[64], [66], [80], [83], [92], [95], [102], [106], [115],
[117], [125], [127], [128], [131], [132], [137], [139],
[140], [142], [145], [148], [149], [157], [163], [174]
ships blockading, [6]
ship-building at, [8]
trade of, [25]
Wilmington, the, [63]
Wilmington Messenger, extract from the, [61]
Wood, Mr. Henry, [63]
Yellow Fever, [96]
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