Running the Blockade A Personal Narrative of Adventures, Risks, and Escapes During the American Civil War

INDEX INDEX Abaco lighthouse, 83 Alabama , the, 7 , 8 , 78 American Civil War, outbreak of, 1 Arab horse, an, 97 , 98 , 99 Astoria , the, 30 Avery, Mrs., 159 Azores, gale off the, 20 Bahamas, the, 24 , 27 , 39 , 48 , 82 , 169 Banshee , the, 33 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 43 , 47 , 48 , 51 , 59 , 64 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 73 , 84 , 93 , 114 , 115 breakdown of, 71 capture of, 85 crew of, 34 defects of, 35 engines of, 47 fire on, 76 , 77 open house on, 65 precautions on, 50 total loss of, 85 Banshee No. 2, the, 85 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 124 , 137 , 139 , 141 , 143 , 148 , 150 , 151 , 157 , 160 , 161 , 163 , 164 Baton Rouge, 159 Bayley, Mrs., 88 Bermuda, 24 , 39 , 115 , 117 , 129 , 169 Big Hill, the, 53 Blockade, declaration, 3 experts, 28 lessons of the, 167 Blockaders and blockade-runners, 167 Blockade-running, excitement of, 49 profits of, 10 , 69 , 85 risks of, 10 Blockades of the future, 169 Blockading fleet, the, 6 Bragg, General, 163 Branchville, 137 British Government, attitude of, 9 , 39 British merchants, Southern sympathies of, 38 Burgoyne, Captain Hugh, V.C., 59 , 89 , 91 Burroughs, Pilot, 43 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 75 , 117 Butler, General, 133 Cape Fear, 49 Cape Fear Club, 63 Cape Fear river, 44 , 47 , 58 Cape Hatteras, 4 , 85 Capper, Captain, 101 , 102 , 108 , 109 Captain , H.M.S., 59 , 89 , 91 Captures, 12 Charleston, 24 , 25 , 28 , 38 , 117 , 137 , 163 ships blockading, 6 trade of, 25 Chase, a weary, 81 City Point, 58 Clawson, Mr. T. W., 61 Collie and Co., Alexander, 26 Commerce destroyers, 7 Confederate fleet, the, 6 , 7 , 8 ports, 11 states, trade of, 18 Congress , the, 7 Craig's Landing, 60 , 62 Crawford, Mr., 146 Cuba, 145 , 162 Cumberland , the, 7 Curtis, General, 57 , 61 , 62 , 63 Danville, 135 , 140 Davis, Mr. Jefferson, 97 Deserter, execution of a, 159 Despatch , the, 17 , 30 breakdown of, 19 , 20 cargo on, 17 , 19 condemned, 28 in quarantine, 30 reaches Nassau, 20 release of, 32 seizure of, 31 start of, 19 yellow fever on board, 30 Dinner bill, a, 139 Dixie, 58 Doering, Mr. Arthur, 88 , 89 , 94 , 96 Don , the, 90 Erskine, chief engineer, 42 , 77 , 78 , 81 , 82 Eugénie , the, 76 Falcon , the, 124 , 128 Farragut, Admiral, 8 Fastnet, the, 35 Federal Navy, inadequacy of the, 8 Florida , the, 7 Fort Caswell, 111 , 112 Fort Fisher, 46 , 48 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 60 , 61 , 67 , 73 , 99 , 103 , 113 , 114 , 116 , 140 , 141 , 163 Fort Lafayette, 85 Fraser, Trenholm and Co., 26 Freight charges, 18 Funchal Bay, 38 Galveston, 25 , 44 , 111 , 148 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 157 , 159 , 160 , 163 Galveston Bay, 157 Game-cock, a, 100 Georgia, 137 Georgia , the, 7 Grace Church, 57 Great Eastern , the, 59 Greenough or Greenhow, Mrs. Rose, 60 , 128 Gulf-stream, action of the, 169 Halifax, 115 Halpin, Captain, 59 , 76 , 77 Hamilton, 116 Hampton Roads, 7 Harper, Captain John, 63 Harper's Ferry, 57 Havana, 25 , 145 , 146 , 148 , 149 , 154 , 162 , 164 Heiliger, Mr., 97 , 133 Hewett, Captain, afterwards Admiral, V.C., 59 , 89 , 91 , 124 , 125 Hicks Pasha, 89 Hobart Pasha, 59 , 89 , 90 Mrs., 87 , 89 Hoke, General, 134 Holcombe, Professor, 60 Houston, 158 , 159 , 160 Hurst, Mr. Frank, 88 , 90 , 115 , 148 , 154 , 158 , 161 , 165 Infernal machine, an, 129 International Exhibition, the, 9 Irishman, a resourceful, 121 James Adger , the, 78 , 80 , 84 James river, the, 135 , 136 John Brown raid, the, 57 Joint Stock Companies, establishment of, 93 Lafitte, Mr. J. B., 26 Lamb, Col. William, 55 , 56 , 57 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 67 , 75 , 99 , 104 , 118 , 125 , 137 , 163 Mrs., 56 , 57 Lawley, Hon. Francis, 59 Lee, General, 135 , 137 army of, 137 , 139 , 163 Lincoln, President, 2 , 3 , 8 Liquidation, a disastrous, 164 Liverpool, 33 confederate vessel in, 17 feeling in, 3 , 10 Loading, reckless, 66 Look-out man, pay of the, 48 Madeira, 36 Maffitt, Captain, 42 Magruder, General, 157 May, Mr., 126 Merrimac , the, 7 , 8 Mexico, Gulf of, 149 , 162 Minnesota , the, 67 Mississippi, the, 159 Mobile, 7 , 8 , 25 Monitor , the, 7 Murray-Aynsley, Admiral, 59 , 79 , 81 , 83 , 90 , 92 , 165 Mrs., 87 , 89 Nassau, 20 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 27 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 43 , 44 , 47 , 69 , 80 , 82 , 101 , 109 , 114 , 115 , 129 , 131 , 133 , 140 , 141 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 149 , 160 , 162 , 163 , 165 , 174 agencies at, 24 freight charges at, 18 life at, 86 - 100 yellow fever at, 96 , 97 National character, 175 New Orleans, 25 New Providence, 20 New York, 30 Night Hawk , the, 59 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 126 , 162 , 164 boarded by Northerners, 120 on fire, 121 , 122 , 123 Niphon , the, 74 Norfolk Navy Yard, 5 , 7 Norfolk, surrender of, 57 North Breaker shoal, the, 54 , 73 , 119 North, policy of the, 29 "Norther," a, 149 , 150 , 154 Northerners, energy of the, 5 fleet of the, 5 views of, as to belligerents, 36 Oreto , the, 42 Orton, 58 Paris, Congress at, 4 Petersburg, 133 , 135 Plimsoll Act, the, 16 Port Royal, 30 Porter's fleet, admiral, 60 , 140 , 141 , 142 Portman, Mr. Maurice, 89 Potomac river, 4 Power, Mr. Tom, 64 Providence, 57 Quarantine, 97 Queenstown, 20 , 35 Quick-firing guns, 172 Race, a ding-dong, 79 Randolph, General, 142 Mrs., 143 Rappahanock , the, 8 Rhode Island, 57 Richmond, 44 , 98 , 128 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 140 privations in, 138 Rio Grande, the, 4 "Roberts," Captain, 59 , 90 , 91 Royal Proclamation, reception of a, 9 St. John, 32 Savannah, 42 Search-lights, 170 , 171 Seceding States, seaboard of, 4 Shenandoah , the, 7 Sherman, General, 137 Smith's Inlet, 118 Smith's Island, 45 Somnambulism, 20 , 21 South, acknowledgment of the, as belligerents, 3 partisan leaning towards, 12 Southern Historical Papers , extract from, 57 Southern Ports, blockade of the, 3 cargo suitable for, 18 States, secession of, 2 traders, 26 Southerners, Navy of the, 6 , 7 Speed of vessels, 173 Stanton, Mr. Secretary, 58 Steele, Captain, 41 , 42 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 67 , 76 , 78 , 79 , 82 , 85 , 89 , 109 , 113 , 152 , 154 Stormy Petrel , the, 114 Stowaway, a, 80 Suakim, Admiral Hewett, V.C., at, 91 Sumpter , the, 8 Tallahasse , the, 8 Taylor, Mr. Tom, 59 Tennessee, 137 Tennessee , the, 8 Texas, 158 Trent affair, the, 13 , 39 Trent , the, 13 Tripod, the, 161 , 162 Tristram Shandy , the, 94 , 95 Tubal Cain , the, 42 United States, fleet of the, 4 Mercantile Navy of the, 8 Venus , the, 92 Virginia, 140 Vizitelly, Mr. Frank, 59 , 89 War, end of the, 163 Washington, 58 , 85 Watson, Mr. L. G., 26 , 89 Whiting, General, 60 , 62 Whitworth guns, Colonel Lamb's, 56 , 137 Wild Dayrell , the, 111 , 114 loss of, 113 Wild Rover , the, 114 , 141 Wilkes, Captain, afterwards Admiral, 13 , 14 , 39 , 40 Will-o'-the-wisp , the, 101 , 114 , 144 , 151 ashore, 105 destruction of, 111 on fire, 106 sale of, 110 Wilmington, 24 , 25 , 38 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 47 , 58 , 64 , 66 , 80 , 83 , 92 , 95 , 102 , 106 , 115 , 117 , 125 , 127 , 128 , 131 , 132 , 137 , 139 , 140 , 142 , 145 , 148 , 149 , 157 , 163 , 174 ships blockading, 6 ship-building at, 8 trade of, 25 yellow fever at, 96 , 97 Wilmington Bar, 46 , 118 Wilmington , the, 63 Wilmington Messenger , extract from the, 61 Wood, Mr. Henry, 63 Yellow Fever, 96

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