);
"lives to fight another day," 99 et seq., 103 et seq., 117, 123 et
seq., 140, 151, 165

Ramsay, Lieutenant-Commander F.M., 163, 172

Ransom, Lieutenant George M., 54

Rattler, the, 121 et seq., 142 et seq., 145

Read, Abner, 184

Reed, Acting-Master J.F., 172

Reynolds, Master, 44

Richmond, steam sloop, 5 et seq., 54, 77, 90, 94 et seq., 134 et seq.,
138, 153, 167, 217, 227 et seq., 232 et seq., 237, 244 (note)

River Defence Fleet, 42 et seq., 47, 49, 60 et seq., 81, 84 et seq.

Roberts, Colonel, 32

Rob Roy, the, 197

Rodgers, Commander John, 12;
relieved by Captain Foote, 16

Rodolph, the, 248

Roe, Lieutenant, 75

Royal Yacht, Confederate schooner, 8

Romeo, the, 123, 142 et seq.

Russell, Lieutenant J.H., 5, 54

Sabine Pass, 106

Sachem, the, U.S. schooner, 87, 187

St. Charles, 50 et seq.

St. Clair, the, 181

St. Louis, the, Union gunboat, 15, 21;
injury sustained by, 27, 42, 45, 48, 50 et seq., 118, 177.
See the DeKalb.

St. Philip, Fort, see Fort St. Philip.

Samson, the, U.S. ram, 107, 114

Santee, U.S. frigate, 7 et seq., 42

Schofield, General, 215

Sciota, the, U.S. gunboat, 54, 77 et seq., 95, 249

Selfridge, Lieutenant-Commander, 117, 172, 177 et seq., 191, 197 et seq.

Selma, the, Confederate gunboat, 220, 239

Seminole, the, 229

Shepperd, Lieutenant, F.E., 145

Sherman, General W.T., at Haines's Bluff, 119;
directed to support Porter, 148, 150 et seq., 163, 168, 170, 173;
confers with Banks, 189 et seq.;
at Alexandria, 203, 225

Sherman, of the tug Mosher, 77

Shirk, Lieutenant J.W., of the Lexington, 21;
gallant service at Pittsburg Landing, 37 et seq.;
at Memphis, 50, 155, 213 et seq.

Ship Island, 52

Signal, the, U.S. gunboat, 117, 123, 142, 171, 207, 210

Silver Wave, the, U.S. transport, 155

Smith, Colonel Giles A., 150

Smith, Commander Melancthon, 54, 134, 138

Smith, General A.G., 190, 192 et seq., 211

Smith, General M.L., 69

Smith, General T. Kilby, 194, 196 et seq.

Smithland, Ky., seized by Grant, 18

Smith, Lieutenant Albert N., 54

Smith, Lieutenant-Commander Watson, 121, 143

Sproston, Lieutenant, 5

Squadron, Atlantic, 4, 249

Squadron, East Gulf, 8, 249

Squadron, Home, 4, 249

Squadron, Mississippi, 55, 107, 211, 216 et seq.

Squadron, Western Gulf Blockading, 8, 52, 187, 249

Squadron, West India, 4

Squires, Captain, 60

Star of the West, the, 144

Steele, General, 168,