Abaco Light, Federal ships stationed near, 144.
_Ada Iredale_ (_Annie Johnson_), derelict merchant ship, 5, 6.
Adair, Capt. W.F., blockade runner _Antonica_, 107.
_Advance_, blockade runner, ix.
_Agnes E. Fry_, steamer, 241.
_Alapaha_, steamer, 45.
_Albemarle_, Confederate ram, Captain Maffitt ordered to take charge
of, 266;
paper by Captain Maffitt on building of, 202.
_Albert_, U.S.S., 26.
Alexander, Captain, Confederate States Signal Corps, 191.
Allingham, William, quoted, 2-14.
_Alma Cumming_, derelict merchant ship, 8.
_Alonzo_, blockade runner, ix.
_Amalco_, U.S.S., log of gives last information concerning U.S.S.
_Cyclops_, 28, 29.
_Antonica_,[7] derelict blockade runner, 107-109.
_Arabian_, derelict blockade runner, 90.
_Aries_, U.S.S. blockader, 98, 99, 104.
_Arizona_, steamship, damage to, 35.
_Atlantic_, blockade runner, change of name, 61.
_Badger_, derelict blockade runner, 102, 109, 110.
Badham, Captain, Confederate service, 59.
Bahnson, Captain, Confederate service, 59.
Bald Head, wrecks near, 58.
_Banshee_, derelict blockade runner, first steel vessel to cross
Atlantic, 66, 83, 85, 160.
_Banshee_, Number 2, blockade runner, 127.
_Bat_, blockade runner, 102.
Beaufort, N.C., held by Federals, 93, 226.
Beery, Benjamin, 168.
_Bendigo_, derelict blockade runner, 105, 106.
_Bergitte_, derelict merchant ship, 7.
Bermuda, Federal spies in, 276.
Bertholf, Commodore E.P., letter by, 18-20.
Bier, Capt. George H., blockade runner Dee, 81.
Blake, Capt. Eugene, jr., U.S.S. _Seminole_, official report by,
42-47.
Blockade, Federal, effectiveness of, xii.
Blockaders, names of:
_Aries_, 98, 99, 104;
_Boston_, 203;
_Cambridge_, 60, 81;
_Cherokee_, 133;
_Connecticut_, 103, 104;
_Daylight_, 98, 99, 106;
_Fahkee_, 106;
_Florida_, 54, 55, 56, 76, 252;
_Fort Jackson_, 103, 106;
_Gettysburg_, 203;
_Glaucus_, ix;
_Governor Buckingham_, 98, 99, 107;
_Howquah_, 79;
_Iron Age_, 87, 106;
_James Adger_, 195;
_Keystone State_, ix, 99, 134, 198, 203;
_Minnesota_, 91;
_Montgomery_, 104, 106;
_Nansemond_, 62, 80, 85, 86;
_New Berne_, 133, 139, 142;
_Niphon_, 84, 86, 90, 91, 137, 138, 143;
_Penobscot_, 119;
_Quaker City_, 99, 102, 133;
_Sassacus_, 82, 83;
_Shenandoah_, 94, 141;
_Shokokon_, 91;
_Stars and Stripes_, 60;
_Tuscarora_, 79, 99;
stations of, 57, 224.
Blockade runners, advantages of Wilmington, N.C., as port for, 94, 223;
cargoes of, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 61, 66, 80,
81, 82, 83, 87, 103, 108, 118, 133, 138, 141, 144, 148, 170, 173, 219;
Halifax, N.S., rendezvous of blockade runners escaping from Federal
prisons, 38;
losses through destruction of, 52;
number of (1863), 88, 89;
number of wrecks on Cape Fear coast of, 51-152;
type of construction of, 87, 105, 106, 107, 120, 130, 131, 265, 266.
Blockade running, advantages of North Carolina coast for, 57;
effect of Gulf Stream on, 225, 226;
methods of, 57.
Bonneau, Capt. F.N., blockade runner _Ella_ and _Annie_, quoted, 142;
rams U.S.S. _Niphon_, 137, 140, 143.
_Boston_, U.S. blockader, 203.
Braine, Lieut.-Commander D.L., U.S.S. _Monticello_, official report
by, 167-170.
Breck, Acting Master J.B., U.S.S. _Niphon_, official reports by,
140-143.
Brown, Governor Joseph (Georgia), part owner of blockade runner
_Florie_, 109.
Brunswick, N.C. (colonial), 169, 284.
_Bulldog_, British gunboat, 218.
Burgoyne, Capt. Hugh, loses life on British man-of-war _Captain_, runs
the blockade, 160, 163, 165.
Burroughs, Captain, blockade runner _North Heath_, 112-114;
_Cornubia_, 192, 193.
Butler's powder ship, 162.
_Cambridge_, U.S.S. blockader, 60, 81.
Camp Brown, fort, location of, 169.
Cantwell, Edward, 63.
_Cape Fear_, derelict blockade runner, 112.
Cape Fear blockade, accounts of, 57-59, 224, 225.
Cape Fear River, approaches to, 223, 266; forts on, 169.
Capper, Captain, blockade runner, 67, 70, 71.
_Captain_, man-of-war, capsizing of, 33, 165.
Carolina Beach, wrecks near, 79.
Caswell, Fort, 57, 61, 65, 72, 73, 102, 103, 116, 117, 118, 135,
174, 210, 266.
_Celestina_, derelict merchant ship, 10, 11.
_C.E. Morrison_, derelict merchant ship, 10.
_Chambers's Edinburgh Journal_, quoted, 2-14, 250-262.
_Chameleon_, blockade runner, xii.
_Cherokee_, U.S.S. blockader, 133.
_Chickamauga_, Confederate warship, 38.
_City of Boston_, lost liner, 22, 24.
_City of Glasgow_, lost liner, 24.
_City of Paris_, steamship, damage to, 32, 33.
Clark, Chief Justice Walter, mentioned, ix;
quoted, xi, xii.
Clitz, Commander J.M.B., U.S.S. gunboat _Penobscot_, official report
by, 171.
Clover, Admiral Richardson, U.S. hydrographer, 4.
_Coamo_, steamer, aid in rescue of steamer _Korona_ by, 43.
Coast Guard, U.S., coast service of in derelict destruction, 20;
intended international service of in derelict destruction, 19;
rescue service of, 41-49.
_Condor_, British gunboat, lost, 24.
_Condor_, derelict blockade runner, 127, 131, 152.
Confederacy, lack of navy by, x, xi;
several times on eve of success, xi.
Confederate flag, experiences of Captain Whiting with, 216, 217;
meeting of the _Lilian_ at sea with, 278.
Confederate Government, need of powder by, 241;
purchase of _Virginia_ by, 112;
purchase of _Cornubia_ by, 192;
purchase of _Douro_ by, 79;
purchase of _Giraffe_ by, 191;
seizure of _North Heath_ by, 114.
Confederate money, depreciation of, 174, 175, 228.
Confederate Navy Department, orders to Capt. John N. Maffitt by, 110,
111, 212.
Confederate States, commissariat of sustained by blockade runners, 53.
Confederate States Signal Corps, work of, 189-198.
Confederate steamers, attempts of fanatics to destroy, 277.
_Connecticut_, U.S.S., blockader, 103.
Contrabands, intelligent, information secured from, 109, 167-175.
_Cornubia_, derelict blockade runner, 112, 137, 191-195.
See also _Lady Davis_.
Coxetter, Captain, blockade runner _Antonica_, 108;
_Fannie and Jennie_, 54, 55.
Craig, Rev. James William, Cape Fear pilot, 95, 267, 268, 283.
Crosby, Capt. Peirce, U.S.S. _Florida_, 54, 56, 76, 77;
U.S.S. _Keystone State_, 203.
Cushing, Lieut. W.B., U.S.S. _Shokokon_, 91.
_Cyclops_, U.S.S. collier, loss of, 25-29.
_Dare_, derelict blockade runner, 104, 105.
_David G. Worth_, lost freighter, 21.
Davis, Hon. George, Attorney-General of the Confederacy, quoted, 53.
Davis, President Jefferson, commissioners sent to England by, xi;
issue of thanksgiving proclamation by, 173.
_Daylight_, U.S.S. blockader, 98, 99, 106.
_Dee_, derelict blockade runner, 81, 82.
_Delhi_, steamship, stranding of, 33.
Derelict blockade runners, accounts of, 51-153.
Derelict blockade runners, accounts of individual ships:
_Antonica_, 107-109;
_Badger_, 109, 110;
_Banshee_, 83-85;
_Bendigo_, 105, 106;
_Cape Fear_, 112;
_Cornubia_, 191-195;
_Dare_, 104, 105;
_Dee_, 81, 82;
_Don_, 81;
_Douro_, 79, 80;
_Elizabeth_, 61, 62;
_Ella_, 57-59;
_Ella and Annie_, 136-143;
_Emily of London_, 55, 56;
_Fannie and Jennie_, 53-55;
_Florie_, 109;
_General Beauregard_, 78, 79;
_Georgiana McCaw_, 62-66;
_Hebe_, 90-93;
_Kate_, 114-118;
_Kate_, second, 118, 119;
_Lynx_, escape of, 95-97;
_Modern Greece_, 59-61;
_Night Hawk_, 119-130;
_North Heath_, 112-114;
_Nutfield_, 82, 83;
_Phantom_, 103, 104;
_Pevensey_, 131-136;
_Ranger_, 97-100, 101-102;
_Spunkie_, 102, 103;
_Venus_, 85-88;
_Vesta_, 97, 100, 101;
_Wild Dayrell_, 72-78.
Derelict destroyers, 7.
Derelict merchant ships, accounts of individual ships:
_Ada Iredale_ (_Annie Johnson_), 6;
_Alma Cumming_, 8;
_Birgitte_, 7;
_Celestina_, 10, 11;
_C.E. Morrison_, 10;
_Drisko_, 14;
_Duncow_, 6;
_Falls of Afton_, 6;
_Fannie E. Wolston_, 16, 17;
_Glenalvon_, 9;
_Korea_, 9;
_L.E. Cann_, 9, 10;
_Louise_, 8;
_Marie Celeste_, 11;
_Resolute_, H.M.S., 13, 14;
_Savannah_, 41;
_Siddartha_, 7;
_Vila_, 10;
_W.L. White_, 5.
Derelicts, accounts of, 1-17;
drift of, 5, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17;
failure to destroy, 1, 2;
fictitious accounts of, 11-13;
life of, 4, 5, 6, 8;
number of, 3, 4;
United States destruction of asked by international agreement, 18, 19.
DeRosset, Doctor, 62.
DeRosset, Mrs. A.J., work for convalescent soldiers by, 229.
Deserters, condition of, 175;
treatment of, 230, 231.
Devens, Lieut. Edward F., U.S.S. _Aries_, official report by, 100, 101.
Diamond Shoals, buoy at, 43.
_Dispatch_, blockade runner, 66.
Doggett, Lieutenant, Confederate States Signal Corps, 192.
_Don_, derelict blockade runner, 81, 164, 177.
_Douro_, derelict blockade runner, 62, 79, 80, 87, 90.
_Doyle_, Capt. Austin, British steamer _Korona_, 47.
_Drisko_, derelict merchant ship, 14.
_Duncow_, derelict merchant ship, 6.
_Ella_, derelict blockade runner, 57-59.
_Ella and Annie_, blockade runner, capture of, 136, 137, 143;
named changed, 137.
_Elizabeth_, derelict blockade runner, 61, 62, 106.
_Emily of London_, derelict blockade runner, 55, 56.
_Emily St. Pierre_, British ship, account of, 250-262.
_Etruria_, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.
_Eugénie_, blockade runner, ix, 240, 241.
Everson, Acting Master, U.S.S. _Victoria_, official report by, 64-66.
_Fahkee_, U.S.S. blockader, 106.
_Falcon_, blockade runner, 131.
_Falls of Afton_, derelict merchant ship, 6.
_Fannie and Jessie_, derelict blockade runner, 53-55, 56.
_Fannie E. Wolston_, derelict merchant ship, 16, 17.
Fayetteville, N.C., making of arms and ammunition at, 169.
Fisher, Fort, 54, 57, 60, 61, 68, 74, 78, 80, 83, 91, 92, 93, 95,
97, 112, 114, 120, 141, 157, 161, 162, 173, 174, 175, 192, 209, 224,
231, 263, 266.
_Flamingo_, blockade runner, 131.
_Flora_, blockade runner, 196.
_Florida_, U.S.S., blockader, 54, 55, 56, 76, 252.
_Florida_, Confederate ship, captured by U.S.S. _Wachusetts_, 278;
cruise of, 202, 277;
failure of Commander Preble to capture, 205-208;
formerly _Oreto_, 215;
meets _Lilian_ on high seas, 277, 278;
remarkable escape into Mobile Bay, 205-207.
_Florie_, derelict blockade runner, 109.
_Fort Jackson_, U.S.S., blockader, 103, 106.
Forts, see Camp Brown, Caswell, Fisher, Mount Tirza, St. Philip.
Foster, Capt. James, U.S.S. _James Adger_, 195.
Fraser, Trenholm & Company, owners of _Emily St. Pierre_, 251.
Fry, Capt. Joseph, in command of _Agnes E. Fry_, 241;
_Eugénie_, 240;
Confederate gunboat _Morgan_, 241;
_Virginius_, 241;
sketch of life and death of, 239-244.
Frying Pan Shoals, buoy at, 46;
wrecks near, 107, 108.
Gale, Captain, blockade runner _Lady Davis_, 194, 195.
_General Beauregard_, derelict blockade runner, 78, 79.
_Georgiana McCaw_, derelict blockade runner, 62-66.
_Gettysburg_, U.S.S., blockader, 203.
Gift, Lieut. George W., blockade runner _Ranger_, 97;
official report by, 101, 102.
_Giraffe_, blockade runner, name changed, 226;
purchased by Confederate Government, 191.
_Glenalvon_, derelict merchant ship, 9.
_Governor Buckingham_, U.S.S., blockader, 98, 99, 107.
Greenhow, Mrs. Rose O'Neal, aid given Confederacy by, 148-153;
death of, 131, 153, 161;
imprisoned in Old Capitol Prison, 151.
Gregory, Frederick W., Confederate States Signal Corps, character
of, 190;
mentioned, 187, 267, 269, 284;
quoted, 191-193, 194-200.
Grosvenor, Gilbert H., editor _National Geographic Magazine_,
quoted, 14-17.
Gulf Stream, effect on blockade running, 225, 226.
Guthrie, Captain, 112.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, rendezvous of blockade runners escaping from
Federal prisons, 38.
Hamilton, Prof. J.G. deRoulhac, v, 53.
Harris, Lieut. T.A., U.S.S. _New Berne_, official report by, 132-135.
_Hebe_, derelict blockade runner, 80, 87, 90-93.
Herring, Robert, Confederate States Signal Corps, 191.
Hewett, Admiral, British Navy, runs the blockade, 127, 131, 160, 163,
165.
Hobart, Captain, blockade runner _Don_, 81, 160, 163, 164, 177, 178.
Hobart Pasha. See Hobart, Captain.
Holcombe, Professor, rescued from drowning, 161.
Hone, Major, 187.
Horner, Captain, blockade runner _Flora_, 196.
Horner, Joseph, quoted, 21-25, 30-37.
_Howquah_, U.S.S., blockader, 79.
_Huronian_, lost liner, 24.
Hydrographic Office, U.S., work regarding derelicts, 4, 7, 16, 17.
_Index_, blockade runner, account of, 196, 197.
_Integrity_, finding of valuable derelict by, 9.
Intelligent contrabands. See Contrabands, intelligent.
_Iron Age_, U.S.S., blockader, 87, 106.
_Ionian_, steamer, damaged by collision with derelict, 9.
_James Adger_, U.S.S., blockader, capture of _Emily St. Pierre_ by,
251, 252;
capture of _Lady Davis_ by, 195.
_James T. Petteway_, Confederate transport, 118.
Jordan, Adj.-Gen. Thomas, Confederate Army, 149.
_Kate_, derelict blockade runner, 114-118, 120, 170, 173, 213, 214, 219.
_Kate_, second, derelict blockade runner, 118, 119.
_Keystone State_, U.S.S., blockader, 99, 134, 198, 203.
_Korea_, derelict merchant ship, 9.
_Korona_, British steamer, account of rescue by U.S.S. _Seminole_,
41-49;
aid of steamer _Coamo_ in rescue of, 43;
letter of Alexander Sprunt & Son relative to rescue of, 47, 48;
letter of Franklin D. Roosevelt relative to rescue of, 48, 49.
_Lady Davis_, blockade runner, capture of, 194-196;
former name of, 112, 137.
Lamar, Col. C.A.L., part owner of blockade runner _Florie_, 109.
Lamb, Col. William, commander of Fort Fisher, 67, 69, 85, 93, 97, 157,
173, 193, 197, 231;
quoted, 157-163.
Lamb, Mrs. William, story of devotion of, 157-163.
Lamson, Lieutenant, U.S.S. _Nansemond_, official report by, 85-87.
_Lancaster_, finding of derelict by, 9.
Lawley, Francis C., correspondent of _London Times_, 160.
_L.E. Cann_, derelict merchant ship, 9, 10.
Lee, Gen. R.E., loss of gift sword for, 55.
Lee, Admiral S.P., U.S. Navy, commanding North Atlantic Blockading
Squadron, 74, 78, 106, 135, 143;
official reports by, 98-100, 135, 136, 137-139.
Lights. See Range Lights.
_Lilian_, blockade runner, account of last successful run of, 263-285;
capture of, 38, 203;
chase of, 94, 95, 264, 265, 279-284;
mentioned, ix, 39, 177, 202;
quarantine experiences of, 181-188.
_Loch Torridon_, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.
Lockwood, Capt. Thomas J., blockade runner _Elizabeth_, 61;
_Kate_, 115, 116, 117, 213.
Lockwood's Folly, wrecks near, 52, 61, 106.
_London_, sinking of, 22.
Long, Joseph Brown, 131, 134.
Lorraine, Sir Lambton, captain British man-of-war, _Niobe_, rescue of
part of crew of steamer _Virginius_ by, 244, 245.
Lost Liners, accounts of, 21-40;
financial losses by, 23;
number of, 22;
number of lives lost on, 23.
Lost liners, accounts of individual ships:
_City of Boston_, 22, 24;
_City of Glasgow_, 24;
_Cyclops_, 25-29;
_David G. Worth_, 21;
_Huronian_, 24;
_Naronic_, 24, 25;
_Pacific_, 22, 24, 35;
_Pericles_, 35;
_President_, 22, 23, 24;
_Tempest_, 24;
_Thanemore_, 22.
_Louise_, derelict merchant ship, 8.
Lumina, N.C., wreck near, 55.
_Lynx_, derelict blockade runner, 95-97, 102, 110.
McCaleb, Flora, 112.
McCrae, Lieut.-Col. John, quoted, vii.
McDonald, Captain, ship _Storm King_, 184, 185, 186, 188.
McDougal, George C., character of, 61;
mentioned, 115, 116, 118;
quoted, 213-219.
Macon, Fort, 134.
Maffitt, Eugene, 188.
Maffitt, Capt. John Newland, account of activities in Confederate Navy,
201-212;
attempts to enter forts taken by Federals, 209, 210;
character and ability of, 203, 204;
daring run of, 143-148; dispute with American consul at Nassau, 216;
finding of last port closed, 199, 201, 202;
in command of _Lilian_, 39, 266;
of _Owl_, xii, 110;
last voyage in command of _Owl_, 208-212;
mentioned, 109, 111;
orders to, 110, 212, 266;
paper on building of ram _Albemarle_, 202;
regard of Federal officers for, 203, 204;
remarkable run into Mobile Bay on _Florida_ by, 205-207;
rescue of Spanish barque by, 145, 146;
takes
charge of ram _Albemarle_, 266;
of _Oreto_ (_Florida_), 215, 278.
Malingerers, stories about, 177-179.
Mallory, Hon. S.R., Secretary of Confederate Navy, mentioned, 276;
order by, 110, 111.
_Malvern_, U.S.S., blockader, 137.
_Maratanza_, U.S.S., blockader, 170, 171.
_Margaret and Jessie_, blockade runner, normal experience of, 235-237.
_Margaret and Jessie_, U.S.S., former blockade runner, 137, 198.
_Marie Celeste_, derelict merchant ship, 11.
_Mariner_, tug, runs the blockade, 173, 174.
Marshall, Captain, blockade runner _Index_, 196, 197, 198.
Martin, Captain, blockade runner _Susan Beirne_, 199.
Martin, Alfred, 62.
Martin, E.S., 62, 63, 64, 210.
_Mary Celeste_, blockade runner, 219.
Masonboro Inlet, wrecks near, 56, 80, 81, 87, 90.
Masonboro Sound, wrecks near, 90.
Maury, Gen. Dabney H., 241.
_Merrimac_, Confederate ironclad, x.
Meteorological Office, British, work regarding derelicts, 4.
_Minnesota_, U.S.S., blockader, 91, 92, 102.
_Modern Greece_, derelict blockade runner, 59-61, 173.
_Montgomery_, U.S.S., blockader, 104, 106.
_Morgan_, Confederate gunboat, 241.
Morrelle, Doctor, 63.
Morris, Capt. Charles M., Confederate ship _Florida_, 278.
"Mound," Colonel Lamb erects, 231;
range lights on, 231-233.
Mount Tirza, Fort, location of, 169.
Munn, Captain, 91, 92.
Murray-Aynsley, Admiral, British Navy, 160, 164, 165, 166.
_Nansemond_, U.S.S., blockader, 62, 80, 86, 87.
_Naronic_, lost liner, 24, 25.
_Narrative of a Blockade Runner_, extracts from, 221-231.
Nassau, British port of blockade runners, 71, 79, 170, 237;
Federal spies in, 276;
incidents in, 213-219.
_Naval History of the Civil War_, extracts from, 203-207.
Navy, Federal, contribution to success of North in Civil War, x, xii.
Near derelict, account of, 143-148.
New Berne, N.C., 93.
_New Berne_, U.S.S., blockader, 133, 139, 142.
New Inlet, mentioned, 57, 60, 63, 80, 83, 90, 103, 119, 122, 138, 196;
wrecks near, 59, 152, 170.
_Night Hawk_, derelict blockade runner, 119-130, 152, 160.
_Niobe_, British man-of-war, rescue of part of crew of steamer
_Virginius_ by, 244-245.
_Niphon_, U.S.S., blockader, 84, 86, 90, 91, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142,
143.
_Normania_, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.
North American Blockading Squadron, 90.
_North Carolina_, Confederate gunboat, building of, 168.
North Carolina coast, advantages for blockade running, 57, 223.
_Northfleet_, sinking of, 22.
_North Heath_, derelict blockade runner, ix, 112-114.
_Nutfield_, derelict blockade runner, 82, 83.
Nutt, Henry, 63.
Old Capitol Prison, Mrs. Greenhow imprisoned in, 151.
Old Inlet, mentioned, 57.
_Oreto._ See _Florida_, Confederate ship.
_Owl_, blockade runner, 102, 199, 208-212.
_Pacific_, lost liner, 22, 24, 35.
_Penobscot_, U.S.S., blockader, 119, 171.
_Pericles_, steamship, destruction of, 35.
Peters, W.H.C., Confederate Government agent in Wilmington, 111.
_Pevensey_, derelict blockade runner, 131-136.
_Phantom_, derelict blockade runner, 90, 102, 103, 104.
Porcher, Doctor, 275.
Porter, Admiral David D., U.S. Navy, commander attacks on Fort Fisher,
162, 209;
quoted, 204-207.
Preble, Commander, U.S. Navy, failure to capture Confederate ship
_Florida_, 205-208.
_President_, lost liner, 22, 23, 24.
Prioleau, Charles K., 262.
_Ptarmigan_, blockade runner, 131.
_Quaker City_, U.S.S., blockader, 99, 102, 133.
Quarantine experiences of blockade runner _Lilian_, 181-188.
Range lights, along Southern coast, 231;
on the "Mound," 231-233.
_Ranger_, derelict blockade runner, 97-100, 101, 102.
Reed, Captain, blockade runner _Lynx_, 95-97.
_R.E. Lee_, blockade runner, successful deception by, 226, 227.
_Resolute_ (British), derelict merchant ship, 13, 14.
Ridgely, Captain, U.S.S. _Shenandoah_, 78.
Roberts, Captain. See Hobart.
Roberts, Lieutenant, captain of the _President_ and the _Sirius_, 23.
Roe, Lieut.-Commander F.A., U.S.S. _Sassacus_, official report by,
75-78.
Roosevelt, Hon. Franklin D., letter relative to rescue of steamer
_Korona_ from, 48, 49;
order declaring _Cyclops_ lost signed by, 29.
_Rosario_, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.
_Rouen_, blockade runner, capture of, 198.
_Royal Charter_, sinking of, 22.
Russellboro, N.C. (colonial), 284.
St. Philip, Fort, location of, 169.
_San Francisco_, destruction of a derelict by, 14.
_Sassacus_, U.S.S., blockader, 74-77, 82, 83.
_Savannah_, derelict merchant ship, 41.
Scharf, Colonel, mentioned, 202;
quoted, 231.
Scipio, family servant, story of, 271-275, 285.
Scotch brig, story of capture in 1813, 247-249.
Seddon, Hon. James A., Confederate Secretary of War, 91, 93.
_Seminole_, U.S.S., rescue work of, 41-49.
Semmes, Captain, mentioned, 203, 204.
_Shenandoah_, U.S.S., blockader, abstract log of, 264, 265;
chases _Lilian_, 78, 94, 95;
mentioned, 141.
Ships, causes of destruction of, 30-40;
damage by tidal waves to, 36, 37;
malicious destruction of, 9, 10, 37-40.
_Shokokon_, U.S.S., blockader, 91.
_Siddartha_, derelict barque, 7.
_Sirius_, first English-owned steamer to cross Atlantic, 23.
Smith, Capt. C.G., quoted, 235-237.
Smith's Island, 223.
Smithville, N.C. See Southport, N.C.
_Southern Historical Papers_, extracts from, 157-163.
Southport, N.C., mentioned, 223, 230;
wrecks near, 115.
Spanish barque, rescue by Captain Maffitt of, 145, 146.
Spanish Government, recognition of American rights to steamer
_Virginius_ by, 246.
Spies, Federal, in Bermuda and Nassau, 276.
Sprunt, Alexander, 63.
Sprunt, Alexander & Son, letter relative to rescue of steamer
_Korona_ from, 47, 48.
_Spunkie_, derelict blockade runner, 102, 103.
_Stars and Stripes_, U.S.S., blockader, 60.
Steele, Captain, blockade runner _Banshee_, 84;
mentioned, 74, 163.
_Storm King_, 184, 185.
Stubbs, Captain, blockade runner _Kate_, second, 118.
_Susan Beirne_, blockade runner, ix, 199.
_Tallahassee_, Confederate warship, 38.
Taylor, Thomas E., escapes from Federal captors, 160, 161;
mentioned, 153;
quoted, 67-74, 83-85, 120-130, 163-166.
_Tempest_, lost liner, 24.
Terry, General, commands land attack on Fort Fisher, 209.
_Thanemore_, lost liner, 22.
Three-funnel boats, account of, 130, 131.
Tidal waves, ships damaged by, 36, 37.
_Titanic_, iceberg causes sinking of, 15.
Topsail Inlet, wrecks near, 52, 75.
_Tornado_, Spanish man-of-war, capture of steamer _Virginius_ by, 243.
_Tuscarora_, U.S.S., blockader, 79, 99.
_Umbria_, steamship, swept by tidal wave, 36.
Usina, Capt. Michael, quoted, 108, 109.
_Venus_, derelict blockade runner, 85-88, 90, 166.
_Vesta_, derelict blockade runner, 97, 100, 101.
_Vila_, derelict merchant ship, 10.
_Virgin_, steamer. See _Virginius_.
_Virginia_, blockade runner, name changed, 112.
_Virginius_, steamer, barbarous treatment of officers and crew by
Spaniards, 243, 244;
capture of, 243;
recognition by Spanish Government of American rights to, 246;
rescue of part of crew of, 244, 245;
sale of, 242;
sinking of, 246.
Vizetelly, Frank, correspondent of _London Illustrated News_, 160, 163.
Vogel, Capt. Leo, 187.
_Vulture_, blockade runner, 131.
_Wachusett_, U.S.S., capture of C.S. _Florida_ by, 278.
Walker, Maj. Norman S., Confederate agent, 131, 134.
_Wartah_, steamship, capsizing of, 33, 34.
Welles, Hon. Gideon, Secretary U.S. Navy, 100, 136, 142, 225.
Western Bar of Cape Fear River, 223, 236.
Whiting, American consul at Nassau, dispute with Captain Maffitt, 216;
experience with Confederate flag, 216, 217.
Whiting, Gen. W.H.C., commander Confederate forces in Wilmington, 91;
mentioned, 67, 162, 191, 192;
official report by, 91-93.
Whitworth guns, 54, 58, 83, 91, 92, 93, 134, 170, 193, 197.
_Wild Dayrell_, derelict blockade runner, 66, 72-78.
Wilkes, Commodore, 108, 109.
Wilkinson, Capt. John, account of activities in Confederate Navy,
221-227;
commander blockade runner _Chameleon_, xii;
C.S. steamer, _R.E. Lee_, 221;
quoted, 221-231, 231-233.
_Will-o'-the-Wisp_, blockade runner, 121.
Williams, Robert, 198.
Williams, Capt. Thomas, 21.
Wilmington, N.C., advantages as port for blockade runners, 57, 94,
223, 266;
approaches to, 266;
Confederate troops stationed in and around, 92, 174;
construction of Confederate ships at, 172, 174;
effect of the war on, 227-229.
Wilmington Historical and Literary Society, investigations by, 62-64.
Wilson, Captain, blockade runner _Margaret and Jessie_, 235, 236.
Wilson, Rev. Doctor, father of the President, 62.
Wilson, Capt. William, account of exploits with ship _Emily St.
Pierre_, 250-262.
Wise, Captain, blockade runner _Cape Fear_, 112.
_W.L. White_, derelict merchant ship, 5.
Wood, Doctor, 63.
Wrightsville Beach, wrecks near, 51, 56.
_Yamacraw_, Coast Guard cutter, 45.