_Centipede_, American gun-boat, iii. 141. _Centipede_, British launch, ii. 398; sunk, 400. Ceremonies connected with first American fleet, i. 44–46. _Ceres_, British man-of-war, captures the _Alfred_, i. 132, 133. Chads, Lieutenant, in the fight with the _Constitution_, takes command when Captain Lambert is mortally wounded, ii. 165. Champlain, Lake, naval battle on, i. 92–100; reflections on the battle, 105–111. Champlin, Stephen, in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 326; fires the last shot of the battle, 327. Chandeleur Islands, the British forces arrive at, to attack New Orleans, iii. 230. Chaplin, Lieutenant J. C., attacks the forts at Acquia Creek, iv. 82. Charles City, Ark., attack on, by Federal gun-boats and an Indiana regiment, iv. 307. _Charleston_, United States cruiser, plans of, imported, iv. 531. Charleston, S. C., defences of, iv. 467; bombardment of, iv. 480–502. _Charlton_, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 14. _Charwell_, British brig, iii. 110. Chase, Major W. H., and Colonel Lomax, capture the Pensacola Navy Yard, iv. 112. _Chasseur_, Baltimore clipper, attacks the _St. Lawrence_, British war-schooner, iii. 204. _Chatsworth_, American brigantine, slave-ship captured by Lieutenant Foote, iii. 366. Chauncey, Commodore Isaac, appointed to command the forces on the Great Lakes, ii. 270; attacks Kingston, _ib._; attacks Toronto, 341; attacks Fort George, 342; returns to Sackett’s Harbor, 348; makes another assault on Toronto, 349; Sir James Yeo’s squadron appears, _ib._; jockeying for position, 350; Chauncey opens fire, 351; returns to the attack, 352; misses the great opportunity of his life, 353; operations of, on Lake Ontario, iii. 113–129. _Cherub_, British war-ship, accompanies the _Phœbe_ in the attack on the _Essex_, iii. 25. _Chesapeake_, American frigate, built, i. 312. _Chesapeake_, Lawrence appointed to command of, ii. 197; her crew, 198; the ship reputed to be unlucky, 199; is fitted out for a voyage to intercept British ships, 200; is blockaded by the _Shannon_ in Boston Harbor, 203; goes out to meet the _Shannon_, 1813, 204; crew mutinous, 205; closes down on the _Shannon_, 206; the battle, 209; the _Chesapeake_ is boarded, 214; hand-to-hand fight, 217; the ship is captured, 221; taken to Halifax, 222; comparison of the two ships, 229. _Chickasaw_, Federal monitor, iv. 386. _Chickasaw_, Federal gun-boat, shells Fort Gaines, and compels it to surrender, iv. 405. _Chicora_, Confederate ironclad, built at Charleston, iv. 473; fires on the _Keystone State_ and captures her, 475. _Chillicothe_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369. Chinese assault on the American flag, a, iii. 380.