rrenders to Admiral Porter, 122

Eads, James B., 12

Eastport, the, Confederate gunboat, 24 et seq., 191 et seq., 198 et
seq., 203

Elfin, the, 214

Ellet, Colonel Charles, jr., 46 et seq., 119 (note)

Ellet, Colonel Charles Rivers, 119, 124 et seq.;
rashness of, 127 et seq., 140

Ellet, Lieutenant-Colonel A.W., of the Monarch, 48, 97, 103, 122;
reckless daring of, 140

Ellet, Lieutenant-Colonel John A., 140

Emory, General, 195

Enoch Train, the, Confederate ram, 5 et seq.

Era No. 5, the, 127 et seq.

Erben, Lieutenant Henry, 42

Essex, the, 15, 21;
disaster to, 23 et seq., 103, 105, 133, 135, 167 et seq., 190

Estrella, the, 109, 164 et seq., 188

Fairplay, the, 215

Farragut, Flag-Officer David G., commands the Western Gulf Blockading
Squadron, 8, 35 et seq.;
before New Orleans, 40, 42;
at Vicksburg, 51 et seq., 54, 62;
prompt action of, 86, 90 et seq.;
in the Yazoo, 97 et seq., 101 et seq.;
on the Gulf, 107 et seq., 124, 126;
moves up the river, 133 et seq.;
his advice respecting the Ellet family, 139 et seq., 144;
Porter communicates with, 151 et seq., 158;
in the Red River, 164 et seq.;
returns to Gulf, 174, 183, 187;
resumes command, 218, 221;
begs for co-operation, 223, 226 et seq.;
in action, 232 et seq.;
his attack on the Tennessee, 240 et seq.;
goes North, 246

Fawn, the, 212 et seq.

Featherstone, brigade of, 149

Ferguson, Colonel, 148 et seq.

Fitch, Colonel, 50

Fitch, Lieutenant-Commander Le Roy, 180 et seq., 213 et seq.

Foote, Flag-Officer A.H., 15 et seq.;
his views on manning ships, 17 et seq.;
promotion of, 20 et seq.;
returns to Cairo, 24 et seq.;
wounded, 28, 31, 35 et seq.;
at Fort Pillow, 39 et seq.

Forest Queen, the, 155, 157

Forest Rose, the, 123, 141 et seq., 171

Forrest, General, 181, 214

Forrest, Lieutenant Moreau, 213, 216

Fort Donelson, Ky., 23;
plan of attack on, 25 et seq., 90, 161, 180

Fort Henry, Ky., expedition against, 21 et seq., 161, 180

Fort Hindman, see Arkansas Post.

Fort Hindman, the, 191 et seq., 194 et seq., 199 et seq., 206 et seq.

Fort Jackson, 58 et seq., 63, 66, 69 et seq., 76, 78 et seq., 87, 89

Fort McRae, 8

Fort Pickens, 8

Fort Pillow, 31, 39 et seq.;
force at, 42 et seq., 45

Fort St. Philip, 58, 60, 62 et seq., 69, 72, 75 et seq., 78 et seq.,
87 et seq.

Fort Sumter, 144

Foster, Lieutenant-Commander Joseph P., 142, 191

Franklin,