WORDEN, JOHN LORIMER. Born in Westchester County, New York, March 12, 1818; entered navy, 1840; lieutenant, 1846; taken prisoner while returning North from Fort Pickens, 1861; released after seven months' captivity, and appointed to the Monitor; met Merrimac in Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862; received thanks of Congress and commissioned commander, July, 1862; captain, February, 1863; commodore, 1868; superintendent of naval academy, 1870-74; rear-admiral, 1872; retired, 1886; died at Washington, October 18, 1897. DEWEY, GEORGE. Born at Montpelier, Vermont, December 26, 1837; entered naval academy, 1854; graduated, 1858; with Farragut on Mississippi, 1862; commander, 1872; captain, 1884; commodore, 1896; fought battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898; thanked by Congress and promoted rear-admiral, 1898; admiral, 1899. * * * * * INDEX Adams, John, 84, 89-92, 124, 174, 175, 177, 208, 263. Adams, John Quincy, 98-100, 109, 110, 125, 186. Adams, Samuel, 84, 175-178, 179, 208-209, 263. Allen, Eliza, 240-241. Allen, Ethan, 270. Anderson, Robert, 191. Arnold, Benedict, 267-271, 276, 277, 311-312, 313. Arthur, Chester Alan, 153, 166-167. Astor, John Jacob, 250. Atkinson, Henry, 303. Austin, Moses, 243. Bainbridge, William, 334, 337-340, 342, 343, 378. Banks, Nathaniel P., 301. Barnes, James, 22. Barron, James, 337. Beauregard, Pierre, 304-305, 306, 317-318. Bee, Bernard E., 299, 300. Benton, Jesse, 104. Benton, Thomas Hart, 191, 211. Berkeley, Lord, 62. Biddle, Nicholas, 322, 328, 377. Blaine, James G., 151, 152, 153, 155, 186, 205-207, 213. Blakeley, Johnston, 342, 344-345, 379. Boggs, Charles Stuart, 370. Boone, Daniel, 215-221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 234, 258. Boone, Squire, 219. Booth, John Wilkes, 141-142, 164. Bowie, James, 18, 246-250, 260. Braddock, Edward, 82, 123, 267, 273, 275, 311. Bradford, William, 21, 54-57, 74. Bragg, Braxton, 308. Breckenridge, John C., 138. Broke, Philip, 341. Brooks, Preston, 212. Brown, John, 122, 295, 316. Bryan, William Jennings, 160-161. Buchanan, Franklin, 356, 363-366, 381. Buchanan, James, 113, 121-123, 127-128, 191, 257. Buell, Don Carlos, 293. Burgoyne, John, 267-269, 270, 275, 311, 313, 325. Burnside, Ambrose E., 285, 297, 314-315. Burr, Aaron, 179-183, 205, 209-210, 245. Butler, Benjamin, 355. Butler, Simon; see Kenton, Simon. Byllinge, Edward, 62. Cabot, John, 36-37, 40, 70. Cabot, Sebastian, 36-37, 70. Calhoun, John Caldwell, 21, 111, 115, 184-190, 201, 211. Carson, Kit, 265. Carteret, Sir George, 62. Cartier, Jacques, 39, 49, 72. Carver, Jonathan, 55. Cass, Lewis, 118, 191, 211. Catlin, George, 251. Champlain, Samuel, 49-51, 73. Chase, Salmon Portland, 200, 212. Clark, Charles E., 376. Clark, George Rogers, 223, 225-232, 234, 235, 258. Clark, William, 235-237, 250, 259. Clay, Henry, 22, 99, 109, 114, 115, 116, 117, 184-190, 205, 206, 210. Cleveland, Grover, 154-159, 160, 164, 167.