Kimberley, Captain, 240 (note)

Kineo, U.S. gunboat, 54, 73, 76 et seq., 85, 105, 134 et seq., 183

King, Lieutenant, 214 et seq.

Kinsman, the, 109

Kirkland, Lieutenant-Commander W.A., 247

Lackawanna, the, 228 et seq., 237, 240 et seq., 244 (note)

Lafayette, the, U.S. vessel, 111, 113, 155 et seq., 160 et seq., 166,
191 et seq.

Lancaster, the, 102, 140

Langthorne, Lieutenant A.R., 191

Lee, Admiral S. Phillips, 54, 82, 90, 211, 216 et seq.

Lee, General Robert E., 249

Le Roy, Commander William E., 229, 243 et seq.

Lexington, the, Union gunboat, 12, 18 et seq., 24, 28, 37 et seq., 50,
121, 178 et seq., 191, 193 et seq., 197 et seq., 206

Liddell, General, 197

Lincoln, President A., 94 (note)

Linden, the, 123, 171

Lioness, the, U.S. ram, 107, 119, 123, 143

Little Rebel, the, 47;
taken into Union fleet, 49

Livingston, the, Confederate gunboat, 40

Lord, Lieutenant, 210

Loring, General, 145

Louisiana, the, Confederate vessel, 61, 69 et seq., 79 et seq., 85 et
seq., 88

Louisville, the, Union gunboat, 14;
injury sustained by, 27, 51, 103, 120 et seq., 147, 151, 155 et
seq., 160, 191, 194, 207

Lovell, Colonel, 84 (note)

Lovell, General, 41 et seq.;
at New Orleans, 59 et seq., 81

Low, Lieutenant-Commander W.W., 247

McCann, Lieutenant-Commander William P., 229

McClernand, General, 20, 116;
at Vicksburg, 120 et seq.

McCloskey, Captain, 129

McCulloch, General, 176

McGunnegle, Lieutenant, 46 (note), 48, 50

McIntosh, Captain, 88

McKean, Flag-Officer W.W., succeeds Mervine, 5;
commands an indecisive affair in Pensacola Bay, 8;
at Ship Island, 52

McKinstry, Captain J.P., 134, 137

Macomb, Commander William H., 134

McRae, Fort, see Fort McRae.

McRae, the, Confederate gunboat, 40, 61, 83 et seq.

Maitland, pilot, 201 et seq.

Manassas, the, Confederate ram, 61, 75, 78, 83, 84 (note), 100

Manhattan, the, 226 et seq., 229, 232, 242 et seq., 245

Marchand, Captain John B., 229

Marmora, the, U.S. gunboat, 117, 123, 142, 178

Maurepas, the, Confederate gunboat, 40

Memphis, Tenn., 47 et seq.;
surrender of, 49

Mervine, Flag-Officer William, 4 et seq.

Metacomet, the, 229, 232 et seq., 238 et seq., 242 (note), 244 (note), 248

Mexico, Gulf of, 1 et seq.

Miami, the, U.S. gunboat, 55 et seq., 87, 95

Milwaukee, the, 247 et seq.

Mississippi, doubtful allegiance of, 9

Mississippi River, Government's object in ent