Adams, Charles Francis: and Trent affair, 45–46;
Adams, Henry, 67
Alabama, CSS: raiding career of, 4, 114–17, 152, 224;
construction and launching of, 112, 201, 202;
sinks USS Hatteras, 130;
sunk by USS Kearsarge, 204–5, 206
Albemarle, CSS, 6, 184–85, 186
Albert, Prince, 45
Alden, James, 162
Alexandra, 202–3
America, USS, 43
Anaconda Plan, 5
Arkansas, CSS, 4, 88, 91, 92–94, 184
Arkansas Post, capture of, 156–57
Armstrong, James, 11
Atlanta, CSS, 150–52
Bache, Alexander, 35
Bailey, Joseph, 195–96
Bailey, Theodorus, 60–61
Bankhead, John P., 139
Banks, Nathaniel P.: and Red River Campaign, 6, 192–97;
campaign against Port Hudson, 126, 157–58, 163, 167, 169;
sent to New Orleans, 130;
urges campaign against Mobile, 171, 207;
occupation of Brownsville, 172
Barnard, John A., 35
Barnes, John S., 32
Barron, Samuel, 18, 131;
disloyalty of, 15–17;
captured at Hatteras Inlet, 33–34;
European mission of, 104;
and CSS Stonewall, 222
Bates, Edward, 45–46, 70
Beauregard, Pierre G. T.: and Fort Sumter in 1861, 19;
on Union gunboats at Shiloh, 82;
claims blockade broken at Charleston, 125;
defense of Charleston, 173, 176–77, 178;
and Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, 199
Bell, Henry H., 58–59, 129–30, 171
Benham, Hiram, 139
Benjamin, Judah, 182, 204
Black, Homer C., 220
Blair, Francis Preston, 111
Blair, Montgomery, 17, 67, 111, 147
Blockade: effectiveness of, 4, 5–6, 31, 47–49, 118, 120–22, 182–83, 224–26, 232;
Lincoln proclaims, 20–21;
difficulties of, 25, 47–48, 120, 122–23;
legitimacy under international law, 46–49;
Confederate efforts to break, 125;
and Matamoras loophole, 127–29;
at Wilmington, 181–82, 200
Blockade Board, formation and reports of, 34–37, 55
Blockade-running: techniques of, 118–22, 125–26;
Brooke, John Mercer, 29–30, 97
Brooklyn, USS: reinforcement of Fort Pickens, 17;
and escape of CSS Sumter, 22–23;
in New Orleans Campaign, 64, 65;
at Mobile Bay, 210
Brown, Isaac Newton, 91, 93
Buchanan, Franklin: resigns from U.S. Navy, 14;
Welles refuses to reinstate, 15;
named commander of Virginia, 99;
attack on Cumberland and Congress, 100–101;
and defense of Mobile Bay, 207, 211
Bulloch, James D., 223;
and building of Florida and Alabama, 112–14;
purchases Fingal, 150;
and Laird rams, 201–3;
efforts to acquire ships in France, 203–4;
buys Shenandoah and Stonewall, 222
Burnside, Ambrose E., 105;
and capture of Roanoke Island, 2–3, 34, 50–51;
capture of New Bern and Fort Macon, 53–54;
operations in east Tennessee, 189
Bushnell, Cornelius, 98–99
Butler, Benjamin: and Fort Fisher, 8, 214–15;
capture of Hatteras Inlet, 33;
and New Orleans Campaign, 50, 57, 58, 65–66, 67;
relieved by Banks, 126;
and contrabands, 136;
operations on James River, 198, 200;
removed from command, 217
Cable, George Washington, 66
Cairo, USS, 5, 132
Caldwell, Charles H. B., 58–59
Canby, Edward, 207, 213
Carondelet, USS, 81, 92
Casco class of shallow-draft monitors, failure of, 206
Catskill, USS, 173
Cayuga, USS, 60–62, 65
Charleston, S.C.: failure of attack on, 5, 6, 146–48;
Chase, Salmon P., 108
Chickasaw, USS, 207, 210–12
Chickasaw Bluffs, attack on, 132–33, 156
Cincinnati, USS, 85, 167
Collins, Napoleon, 205–6
Conestoga, USS, 70, 74
Congress, USS, 100–101, 103
“Contrabands,” and Union navy, 135–39
Craven, Thomas T., 64, 223
Cumberland, USS, 29, 33, 86, 100
Cushing, William Barker, 185–86, 219
Dahlgren, John A.: campaign against Charleston, 6, 173–78;
and Dahlgren gun, 42;
promoted to rear admiral, 149;
named commander of South Atlantic Squadron, 150;
on Lincoln and Vicksburg, 165;
on the H. L. Hunley, 179;
and Confederate torpedoes, 180–81
David, CSS, 178–79
Davis, Charles H., 136;
secretary of Blockade Board, 35;
and Port Royal Campaign, 38–39;
and “stone fleet,” 48;
commands Western Flotilla, 69, 84;
at Fort Pillow, 85;
and Ellet’s ram fleet, 86–88;
Battle of Memphis, 88–89;
at Vicksburg, 92;
reluctant to attack CSS Arkansas, 93–94;
withdraws from Vicksburg, 94–95, 154;
skeptical of Monitor, 98–99
Davis, Henry Winter, 142
Davis, Jefferson, 1;
orders firing on Fort Sumter, 19;
offers letters of marque to privateers, 20;
threatens retaliation for executed privateers, 21;
denounces blockade, 47, 49;
capture of, 221
Dewey, George, 64
Drayton, Percival: Unionism of, 13–14;
and Port Royal Campaign, 38, 41, 42, 135;
and attack on Charleston, 145, 148;
at Battle of Mobile Bay, 210
Drayton, Thomas, 13, 41
Drewry’s Bluff, and repulse of Union fleet, 4, 109–10, 141
Dudley, Thomas H., 113, 114, 202–3
Duncan, Johnston K., 58
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 12, 84;
and Battle of Port Royal, 2, 13, 37–42, 136;
loyalty of, 11, 15;
praises Gustavus Fox, 20;
chairs Blockade Board, 35;
commands South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 35–36;
occupies South Atlantic ports and estuaries, 42–44, 50;
on problems and effectiveness of blockade, 47–49, 120, 122–23, 125;
on Confederate commerce raiders, 116;
and plans for attack on Charleston, 133, 135, 139–45;
on slavery and freed slaves, 137–38;
failure of Charleston attack, 146–50;
relieved of command, 149, 151;
and “Du Pont clique,” 178;
denounces Confederate torpedoes, 180
Eads, James B., designs and builds ironclad gunboats, 70–71, 77, 85, 96, 156, 168, 206
Ellet, Alfred: and ram fleet, 86, 87;
and Battle of Memphis, 88;
raises flag over Fort Pillow, 88;
commands ram fleet, 89, 131;
at Vicksburg, 91–92, 94;
in Yazoo River, 131;
antiguerrilla activities, 154–55, 183
Ellet, Charles, Jr.: creates ram fleet, 86–87;
at Fort Pillow, 87–88, 93;
and Battle of Memphis, 88–89
Ellet, Charles Rivers: raises flag at Memphis, 89;
promoted to colonel, 155;
commands Queen of the West, 158–59;
joins Farragut below Vicksburg, 162
Ericsson, John, 148;
and building of Monitor, 98–99, 104;
designs raft to explode torpedoes, 145;
and Casco class of monitors, 206
Erlanger, Emile, 203
Essex, USS, 75, 94
Farragut, David Glasgow, 73, 137, 146, 148, 155;
capture of New Orleans, 1, 2, 13, 56–66, 82, 108, 109, 141;
and Battle of Mobile Bay, 1, 6, 209–13;
and Port Hudson Campaign, 5, 158, 160–63, 167;
loyalty of, 13, 14;
commander of West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 36, 50;
ascends Mississippi River in 1862, 67–69;
promoted to rear admiral, 69;
attempt to capture Vicksburg in 1862, 89–94, 154, 157;
on Preble, 113–14;
reports broken-down ships, 123;
desire to attack Mobile in 1863, 126;
and blockade of Matamoras, 127–29;
on loss of Galveston, 129–30;
on escape of Florida, 131, 154;
on promotion of Dahlgren, 149;
urges campaign against Mobile, 169, 171, 207;
on Sabine Pass, 171–72
Febiger, John C., 118
Fernandina, Fla., capture of, 43
Fitch, Le Roy, 190
Florida, CSS: destruction of American merchant ships, 4, 130–31;
construction and launching of, 112–13, 201, 202;
goes into Mobile, 113–14;
escapes from Mobile, 130, 152;
captured in Brazil, 205–6
Flusser, Charles W., 184
Foote, Andrew Hull, 11;
capture of Fort Henry, 3, 74–75, 158;
and resupply of Fort Sumter, 18;
commands Western Flotilla, 69, 72;
and Columbus, Ky., 73;
at Fort Donelson, 76–78;
and Island No. 10, 78–82, 108;
and Fort Pillow, 82–84;
named commander of South Atlantic Squadron, 149;
death of, 150
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 132;
repulsed by navy at Fort Donelson, 189, and at Paducah, 190;
and Fort Pillow massacre, 191;
capture of Johnsonville, 221
Fort Donelson: capture of, 3, 58, 76–78;
Fort Fisher, capture of, 8, 206, 213–19
Fort Henry, capture of, 2, 3, 74–75
Fort Macon, capture of, 3, 54
Fort Morgan, attacked and captured at Mobile Bay, 209–12
Fort Pickens, reinforcement in 1861, 17–18
Fort Pillow: naval campaign against, 82–88;
Fort Pulaski, capture of, 43–44, 150
Forts Jackson and St. Phillip: and defense of New Orleans, 55, 82;
Union bombardment of, 56–60;
Union fleet passes, 60–65, 108
Fort Sumter: Lincoln’s decision to resupply, 17;
Seward diverts Powhatan from, 18;
surrenders, 19;
and Confederate defenses of Charleston, 141–43, 146, 173–78
Fort Wagner (Battery Wagner), attacks on, 173–76
Foster, John G., 133
Fox, Gustavus V., 51, 56, 61, 95, 110, 166;
and resupply of Fort Sumter, 17–19;
assistant secretary of navy, 20;
and Blockade Board, 35;
and “stone fleet,” 48;
on importance of Mississippi River, 68, 69, 73;
urges naval support of McClellan, 107;
inspects Yorktown batteries, 108;
on broken-down ships, 123;
on loss of Galveston, 129;
wants to attack Wilmington, 133;
and campaign against Charleston, 139, 141–42, 146–47;
on Farragut’s passage of Port Hudson, 162;
on Lincoln and Vicksburg, 164–65;
and reinforcements for Charleston, 175;
and Casco class of monitors, 206;
and Fort Fisher attack, 214, 217, 219
Franklin, William B., 171–72
French, Henry, 127
Fulton, Charles C., 147–48
Galena, USS, 98, 109, 141, 209
Galveston: Union capture of, 126–27;
General Price, CSS, 85, 88
General Van Dorn, CSS, 85, 88, 92
Gillmore, Quincy: and campaign against Charleston, 150, 173, 175–78;
Goldsborough, Louis: commander of North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 35–36;
and campaign for North Carolina sounds, 50–51;
and McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, 105, 107–9;
relieved and transferred, 110–11
Granger, Gordon, 209
Grant, Ulysses S., 80, 94, 191;
Vicksburg Campaign of 1863, 1, 5, 157, 162, 163–69;
and Fort Donelson, 3, 58, 76–78;
provides troops for attack on Fort Fisher, 8, 213–14, 217;
and Andrew H. Foote, 72;
and Battle of Belmont, 73;
and Fort Henry, 74;
and Shiloh, 82;
first Vicksburg Campaign of, 131–32;
and Arkansas Post Campaign, 156;
wants campaign against Mobile, 171, 192, 207;
at Chattanooga, 189–90;
and operations on James River, 197, 200, 219–20
Greene, Dana, 103–4
Guerrilla warfare on western rivers, 154–55, 187–89
Gwin, William, 132
Halleck, Henry W., 6, 8, 81, 82, 156, 213;
approves attack on Fort Henry, 74;
campaign against Corinth, 82;
orders Pope there, 83;
refuses Farragut’s request for troops, 91;
and withdrawal of McClellan from Peninsula, 111;
named general in chief, 131;
on Charleston’s defenses, 142;
on campaign to open Mississippi River, 157;
ordered to reinforce Gillmore, 175;
cannot spare troops for a Wilmington Campaign, 213
Hardy, Robert, 56
Harriet Lane, USS, 18, 129
Hartford, USS: in New Orleans Campaign, 57–66;
goes upriver to Vicksburg, 68, 89, 91, 93;
and passage of Port Hudson, 160–63;
Farragut’s flagship, 171;
in Battle of Mobile Bay, 209–12
Hatteras Inlet, capture of, 2, 32–34, 35
Hood, John Bell, 221
Hotze, Henry, 182
Housatonic, USS, 179
Hunley, H. L., 6, 179
Hunter, David, 139, 142, 150
Indianola, USS, 159, 160
Iroquois, USS, 24, 32, 64
Island No. 10, capture of, 3, 78–82, 108
Jackson, Andrew, 65
Jefferson Davis (privateer), 21
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 74, 78
Jones, Catesby ap R., 101, 104
Juarez, Benito, 170
Kearsarge, USS, 204–5
Keeler, William, 101, 103, 109
Keokuk, USS, 145, 146, 177
“Laird rams”: construction of, 201–2, detention of, 203, 204
Lamb, William, 215, 217, 219
Lamson, Roswell H.: and attack on Fort Hatteras, 33;
in Port Royal Campaign, 39, 41;
defense of Suffolk, 197;
antitorpedo efforts in James River, 198;
places obstructions, 200
Lardner, James L., 123
Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 67, 111
Lee, Robert E., 6;
and South Atlantic coastal defenses, 42–43;
on “stone fleet,” 48;
and Seven Days Battles, 111;
and Longstreet’s Suffolk Campaign, 197;
and Grant’s Overland Campaign, 198–99
Lee, Samuel Phillips: in New Orleans Campaign, 57–58, 61, 67;
ascends Mississippi to Vicksburg, 68, 92;
commander of North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 111;
wants to attack Wilmington, 133, 213;
blockade techniques of, 181–82, 183, 201;
and North Carolina sounds, 184;
and destruction of CSS Albemarle, 185–86;
defense of Suffolk, 197;
operations in James River, 198–200;
transferred to Mississippi Squadron, 213–14;
operations on Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, 220–21
Lexington, USS, 70, 78;
Lincoln, Abraham, 5, 8, 13, 27, 110, 137;
praises navy, 1, 76;
proclaims blockade, 14, 20–21, 25;
signs naval orders written by Seward, 15;
and resupply of Fort Sumter, 17–19;
on Gustavus Fox, 20;
and privateers, 21–22;
creates rank of flag officer, 38;
and Trent affair, 45–46;
wants attack on Columbus, 73;
favors building of Monitor, 98;
at Hampton Roads in 1862, 108–9;
and Wilkes, 111;
cashiers and reinstates Preble, 114;
and effort to capture Charleston, 142, 145;
promotes Dahlgren, 149;
squelches Wilkes, 152;
and Ellet rams, 155;
on Vicksburg, 157, 164–65, 169;
wants invasion of Texas, 170–71, 192;
orders Halleck to reinforce Gillmore, 175;
appoints Butler commander of Army of the James, 198;
“blind memorandum” of, 212;
reelection of, 213;
relieves Butler, 217
Longstreet, James, 197
Louisiana, CSS, 57, 63, 65
Louisiana, USS, 214–15
Lovell, Mansfield, 57–58, 64–65
Lyons, Lord, on the blockade, 21, 26, 31, 48–49
Maffitt, John N., 113, 130, 152, 185
Mallory, Stephen R., 151;
as innovator, 27, 29;
promotes ironclads, 96–97;
appoints Buchanan commander of Virginia, 99;
on defenses at Drewry’s Bluff, 110;
sends Bulloch to England, 112;
orders attack on City Point, 219–20;
achievements of, 224
Manassas, CSS: attacks Union fleet, 55–56, 96;
Manhattan, USS, 209, 210–11
Marchand, John, 139
Marine Brigade, antiguerrilla efforts of, 155, 188–89
Mason, James, 44–45, 67, 111
Matamoras, Mexico: loophole in blockade of Texas, 127–29;
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 105, 202
Maximilian, Archduke Ferdinand, 170
McCauley, Charles S., 27–29
McClellan, George B., 93, 145, 146, 171;
McClernand, John A., 156
McKean, William, 35, 55, 56
Meade, George G., 169
Memphis, naval battle and capture of, 3, 88–89
Merrimack, USS, 32;
Mervine, William, 31, 35, 36, 55
Mexico: French intervention in and Union policy, 170–71, 172, 192
Minnesota, USS, 32;
attack on Hatteras Inlet, 33;
fight with Virginia, 101–5;
damaged by torpedo, 179
Mississippi, USS, 64, 160, 162
Mississippi Squadron: Porter appointed commander of, 131, 154;
antiguerrilla efforts of, 187–89;
S. P. Lee named to command, 214, 220
Missroon, John S., 107, 108
Mitchell, John K., 219–20
Mobile Bay: battle of, 1, 6, 209–13;
Monarch, USS, 87, 88–89, 156–57
Monitor, USS, 141, 179;
battle with Virginia, 3, 52, 96, 101–5;
and attack on Drewry’s Bluff, 4, 109;
construction of, 98–99, 110;
cat-and-mouse game with Virginia, 106–7;
shells Sewell’s Point, 108;
sinking of, 133–34
Monongahela, USS, 160, 162, 210
Montauk, USS, 144
Montgomery, James E., 82, 85, 88
Morgan, George D., 25, 42
Morgan, John Hunt, 190
Napoleon III, 67, 172, 203
New Bern, battle and capture of, 3, 52, 54
New Ironsides, USS: construction of, 98;
attack on Charleston, 142, 146, 173, 175–76;
damaged by CSS David, 178–79;
attack on Fort Fisher, 217, 219
New Orleans: capture of, 1, 2, 56–66, 109;
importance of, 55;
impact of capture, 67
Nicolay, John, 15
Norfolk Navy Yard: Confederate capture of, 3, 13, 27–29;
North, James, 96–97, 112, 203–4
Oneida, USS: and capture of New Orleans, 57–58, 60–61, 65, 67;
at Vicksburg, 92;
and CSS Florida, 113
Page, Thomas J., 223
Palmer, James S., 24
Parker, William A., 220
Passaic, USS, 133, 142, 144, 145
Paulding, Hiram, 29
Pemberton, John C., 168
Pensacola, USS, 60, 62, 65
Pensacola Navy Yard: surrender of, 11, 17;
Perry, Matthew, 14
Peterhoff, capture of, 128
Phelps, Seth L., 74–75
Pickens, Francis, 19
Pittsburgh, USS, 81, 132
Planter, Robert Smalls sails to Union fleet, 138
Plymouth, N.C.: Confederate capture of, 184–85;
Polk, Leonidas, 73, 78
Pook, Samuel, 71
Pope, John (army general), 80–82
Pope, John (naval officer), 56
Porter, David Dixon, 80, 94, 172;
Red River Campaign of, 6, 192–97;
and Fort Fisher Campaign, 8, 213–19;
commands Powhatan, 18, 24;
and New Orleans Campaign, 56, 58, 61–62, 65, 66–67;
and attack on Vicksburg in 1862, 89;
criticizes Charles Davis, 95;
commander of Mississippi Squadron, 131;
and attack on Chickasaw Bluffs, 131–33;
recruits black sailors, 136–37;
antiguerrilla efforts of, 154–55, 187;
capture of Arkansas Post, 156–57;
and 1863 Vicksburg Campaign, 158–60, 163–69;
and trade restrictions in Mississippi valley, 191–92
Porter, John L., 17
Porter, William D., 94
Port Hudson: campaign and capture of, 5, 157–58, 167, 169;
Confederates fortify, 95;
Farragut runs past, 160–63
Port Royal, campaign and battle of, 2, 13, 37–42, 135–36
Preble, Edward, 113
Preble, George H., 113–14
Powhatan, USS, 18–19
Privateers and privateering, 20–22
Queen of the West, USS: at Fort Pillow, 87;
and Battle of Memphis, 88;
fights with CSS Arkansas, 92, 94;
captured by Confederates, 158–59;
sunk by Union gunboat, 162–63
Read, Charles W., 152–53
Red River Campaign, 6, 187, 192–97, 207
Renshaw, William, 129
Rhind, Alexander, 214
Richmond, USS: attacked by CSS Manassas, 55–56, 96;
and capture of New Orleans, 65–66;
at Vicksburg, 92;
attempt to pass Port Hudson, 160, 162
Ripley, Roswell, 137
River Defense Fleet (Confederate): attacks Union fleet at Fort Pillow, 82, 85;
Roanoke Island, Battle of, 3, 51, 75
Rodgers, John, 70–71, 109, 148
Roe, Francis, 60, 62
Rosecrans, William S., 187, 189
Rowan, Stephen C., and victories in North Carolina, 50–54
Ruffin, Edmund, 67
Russell, Lord John: on blockade, 26, 48–49;
and Trent affair, 45;
and escape of Alabama, 114;
detention of Alexandra, 202
Sabine Pass, Battle of, 171–72
St. Louis, USS, 71, 77
Salt: Union navy destroys saltworks, 182–83
San Jacinto, USS, 44
Scott, Winfield, 5
Secessionville, Battle of, 139
Selfridge, Thomas, 132, 193
Semmes, Raphael: cruise of the Sumter, 22–24;
cruise of the Alabama, 115–17;
sinking of the USS Hatteras, 130;
battle with Kearsarge, 204–5;
commands James River Fleet, 220
Seward, William H., 33;
writes naval orders, 16–17;
directs Powhatan to Fort Pickens, 18;
on blockade, 31;
and Trent affair, 45–46;
and Charles Wilkes, 111, 152;
wants invasion of Texas, 170
Shenandoah, CSS, 222–23
Sherman, Thomas West, 38–39, 50
Sherman, William T., 1, 6;
attacks Chickasaw Bluffs, 131–33, 163;
capture of Arkansas Post, 156–57;
and 1863 Vicksburg Campaign, 164–66;
troops convoyed by navy, 190;
and Red River Campaign, 192, 196;
capture of Atlanta, 212;
and fall of Charleston, 219
Shiloh, Battle of, 82
Ship Island, Union seizure of, 35, 36
Sinclair, George T., 104, 105
Slidell, John: and Trent affair, 44–46, 111;
Smalls, Robert, 138
Smith, Joseph, 99, 100–101
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 100–101
Smith, Melancton, 36, 64, 200
Stanton, Edwin M., 86, 87, 108, 154
Steedman, Charles, 1, 41
Stephens, Alexander, 219
Stevens, Robert, 96
Stimers, Alban, 104, 148, 206
Stonewall, CSS, 222–23
Stringham, Silas, 15, 31, 33, 35
Sumner, Charles, 45
Sumter, CSS, as commerce raider, 22–24, 32, 44, 116
Susquehanna, USS, 39, 41
Tallahassee, CSS, 201
Taylor, Richard, 193
Tecumseh, USS, 209, 210, 212
Tennessee, CSS, at Battle of Mobile Bay, 207–12
Terry, Alfred, 217
Thomas, George H., 221
Thompson, M. Jeff, 88–89
Tilghman, Lloyd, 74–75
Tillman, William, 21
Torpedoes (naval mines): Confederate development and use of, 2, 4, 5, 180–81, 224;
Trent, and seizure of Mason and Slidell, 44–46, 152
Tucker, John R., 173
Tyler, USS, 70, 78;
at Battle of Belmont, 73;
and Shiloh, 82;
fight with Arkansas, 92;
antiguerrilla efforts of, 155
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 106–7
Vanderbilt, USS, 106–7, 128, 152
Van Dorn, Earl, 91, 93
Varuna, USS, 60–61
Vicksburg: capture of, 1, 5, 167–69;
defies Union fleets in 1862, 4, 68, 89–95;
and repulse of Sherman, 131–33;
1863 campaign against, 157–67
Virginia, CSS, 29, 30, 108, 157;
fight with Monitor, 3, 52, 86, 101–5;
destruction of, 4, 109;
construction of, 96–97, 99;
destroys Cumberland and Congress, 99–101;
cat-and-mouse game with Monitor, 106–7
Wabash, USS, 32, 44;
attack on Hatteras Inlet, 33, 34;
and Port Royal Campaign, 38–42
Walke, Henry, 81, 82
Webb, William A., 151
Weehawken, USS: in attack on Charleston, 145, 146, 148;
Weitzel, Godfrey, 214, 215
Welles, Gideon, 47, 51, 68, 80, 81, 91, 93, 129, 132, 164, 168, 177, 193;
and Franklin Buchanan, 14–15;
and Samuel Barron, 15–16;
and Fort Pickens, 17;
resupply of Fort Sumter, 18;
and Gustavus Fox, 20;
urges closure of Confederate ports, 21;
orders search for CSS Sumter, 24;
and loss of Norfolk Navy Yard, 28, 29;
capture of Hatteras Inlet, 33;
breaches seniority in promotions, 35–36;
and Trent affair, 44–45;
and New Orleans Campaign, 55, 57, 65;
on importance of controlling Mississippi River, 68–69;
wants river gunboats under War Department, 70–71;
names Foote as commander of Western Flotilla, 72;
grants Foote leave, 84;
ignores Ellet, 86;
orders Farragut downriver, 94;
transfers Charles Davis, 95;
and Union ironclad construction, 98;
orders Monitor to avoid risks, 106;
orders Goldsborough to cooperate with McClellan, 107–8;
relieves Goldsborough, 110–11;
cashiers Preble, 114;
and Confederate commerce raiders, 115;
on blockade, 118, 119, 122, 183;
discourages attack on Mobile in 1863, 126;
doctrine of continuous transportation, 127–28;
wants army to occupy Brownsville, 129;
creates Mississippi Squadron, 131;
and recruiting of black sailors, 136, 175;
and Du Pont’s attack on Charleston, 142, 144–46, 148–49;
and promotion of Dahlgren, 149–50;
relieves Du Pont and Wilkes, 152;
on Farragut’s passage of Port Hudson, 162;
urges Porter to cooperate with Grant at Vicksburg, 165;
and capture of Vicksburg, 169;
and Sabine Pass, 171;
on “Du Pont clique,” 178;
orders cessation of Charleston attacks, 180;
orders S. P. Lee to Beaufort, 200;
names Porter to lead Fort Fisher attack, 213–14, 220;
orders alert for escape of Jefferson Davis, 221;
and court-martial of Craven, 223;
ability of, 224
Western Flotilla, 69;
and capture of Fort Henry, 2;
and Island No. 10, 3, 82;
at Fort Pillow, 87;
upgraded to Mississippi Squadron, 131
Wheeler, Joseph, 189
Whiting, William H. C., 201, 217, 219
Wilkes, Charles: seizure of Mason and Slidell, 44–46;
commands James River Flotilla, 110–11;
command of “flying squadron,” 111–12;
captures Peterhoff, 128;
relieved of command, 152
Williamson, William P., 97
Wilmington, N.C.: proposals to attack, 133, 213;
Winslow, John A., 204–5
Wool, John, 108, 109
Worden, John: commands Monitor, 99;