Prizes, captured by foreign-built cruisers of the United States during the Revolutionary War, 276; more than six hundred, 276; both belligerents forbidden by European nations to bring prizes into their ports, 370.
Queen's proclamation, The, the force ascribed to it by the United States Government, 277.
RAINS, General G. R., inventor of sub-terra shells, 97; describes their use in the retreat from Williamsburg and its effect, 97, 98; placed in charge of our submarine defenses, 208.
RAINS, Brigadier-General J. G., ordered to report to General Johnston at Jackson, in connection with torpedoes and sub-terra shells, 424.
RANDOLPH, General, Secretary of War, his testimony relative to affairs at Norfolk and the position of Yorktown, 93.
RANSOM, Major-General, Summoned to Richmond from Drury's Bluff to resist an impending assault of General Sheridan, 508; his movements and success, 508; his position and force, 510; reports to General Beauregard at Drury's Bluff, 512; his part in the action with Butler's force, 514.
READ, Lieutenant C. W., commands the tender Clarence, 261.
REAGAN, Secretary JOHN H., transfers the money in the Confederate
Treasury, 695.
Reconnaissances, made by the enemy with the design to take and keep control of the seacoast of Georgia, 78.
Records of property, kept under the authority of the State government, 452.