Dupont, Commander Samuel Francis, spikes the guns of San Blas, iii. 402; takes command of a fleet to take possession of Port Royal, iv. 163. Dynamite cruisers, construction of, iv. 542. Eads, James B., ship-builder, takes a contract to build seven ironclad gun-boats, iv. 242–244; construction of, described, 245, 246; Eads and Ericsson, 244. _Eagle_, American sloop, in Macdonough’s squadron, ii. 354; sunk by the British in the Sorel River, 355. _Eagle_, American sloop, iii. 136, 138. Earle, Commodore, attempts to capture the _Oneida_ and destroy Sackett’s Harbor, ii. 266, 268. _Eastport_, Confederate river steamer, captured by Lieutenant Phelps, iv. 267. _Eastport_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369. _Eben Dodge_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 415. _Eclipse_, American merchant-ship, attacked and looted by Malays, iii. 374–376. _Edinburgh Review_ on the treatment of America by Great Britain, i. 384. _Edwin_, American merchant-brig, captured by the Dey of Algiers, iii. 341, 351. _Effingham_, American frigate, sunk, i. 188. _Eliza_, merchant-schooner, David Porter’s first ship, ii. 33. _Elizabeth_, British schooner, captured by Porter, iii. 4. Ellet, Colonel Charles, Jr., converts seven river steamers into rams on the Ohio River, iv. 298; his part in the attack on Fort Pillow, 301. Ellet, Colonel Charles R., sent by Porter to control the Mississippi between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, iv. 351. Elliott, Lieutenant Jesse D., sent to Buffalo to purchase vessels, ii. 273; capture of the _Detroit_, 276, 278, 279; in command of the _Niagara_, 292; brings up the gun-boats, 322; criticized for inactivity, 335, 336; acts as second to Commodore Barron in his duel with Decatur, iii. 319; commands the _Ontario_ in an expedition against the Dey of Algiers in 1815, 343. Elliptical route plan condemned by Admiral Porter, iv. 101. _Emily St. Pierre_, British merchant-ship, seized by United States cruiser _James Adger_, iv. 58; recaptured by her captain, _ib._ _Enchantress_, merchant-schooner, captured by Confederate privateer _Jefferson Davis_, iv. 91. _Endymion_, British frigate, attacks the _Prince de Neufchâtel_, American privateer, iii. 202; is defeated, 203; assists in the capture of the _President_, 222. England, greed of, in dealings with her colonies, i. 4; tries to crush the new republic, 314. English Navy of 1812 in American waters, ii. 25. English officers offended by names given to Yankee ships, iii. 313. English seaman in 1812, ii. 25. Ensign, naval, first American, i. 46. _Enterprise_, American brig, sent to South America to put down piracy, iii. 331.