Chinese war of 1856, American interests involved in, and fleet sent to protect them, iii. 379–382. _Chippeway_, British schooner, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 297. _Chubb_, British ship, disabled and surrenders to Macdonough, iii. 156. _Chubb_, British gun-boat, iii. 143. _Cincinnati_, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245; flagship of Commodore Foote before Fort Henry, 261; Captain R. N. Stembel commands, 289; throws the first shell into Fort Pillow, 293; attacked by Confederate rains, _ib._; the _Mound City_ goes to the rescue of, 294; sinks, _ib._ _Circassian_, blockade-runner, captured off Havana by the Fulton ferryboat _Somerset_, iv. 37. Civilization promoted by Anglo-Saxon aggressiveness, iii. 391. _Clarence_, merchant-ship, captured by Captain Maffitt, of the cruiser _Florida_, iv. 424; placed under command of Lieutenant Read, _ib._; burnt, _ib._ Coaling stations, need of, by Federal war-ships in Southern waters, iv. 161. Cocke, Captain W. H., iii. 333; fired on and killed by a Porto Rican fort, _ib._ Collier, Sir Ralph, K. C. B., iii. 260. Collins, Captain Napoleon, at Port Royal, iv. 163; commanding the _Wachusett_, captures the _Florida_ in Bahia Harbor, iv. 424. “Colonial Navy,” distinguished from temporary cruisers, i. 28, 29. _Colorado_, United States screw frigate, launched, iv. 15. _Columbia_, American frigate, attacks and bombards the Malay town of Quallah Battoo, iii. 375–379. _Columbia_, United States cruiser, iv. 534. Columbiad, description of, iv. 119. _Columbus_, successful cruise of Captain Whipple in the, i. 66. _Columbus_, American ship-of-the-line, sent to Japan, iii. 440. Columbus, Ky., Confederate position at, becomes untenable after surrender of Fort Henry, iv. 266. Columbus, on the Mississippi, Confederates evacuate, iv. 275. _Comet_, American privateer, ii. 252. Commander-in-chief of the Navy, title held by Commodore Hopkins only, i. 62. _Condor_, blockade-runner, wreck of, at Fort Fisher, iv. 511. _Conestoga_, merchant-vessel, purchased by Commander Rodgers, iv. 241; Captain Phelps appointed to command, 251. _Confederacy_, American frigate, i. 287. _Confederacy_, American packet, captured by the English, i. 298. _Confiance_, British frigate, iii. 142; flagship of Captain Downie in the battle of Lake Champlain, 153; disabled and surrendered to the _Saratoga_, 165. _Congress_, American galley, i. 89; Arnold’s, flagship, 99; covers retreat at Crown Point, 104; burned by Arnold, 105.