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 THE END _Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, _Edinburgh_ [Illustration: Map of the East Coast of North America] TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Punctuation has been normalized. Variations in spelling and hyphenation were maintained.