_Essex_, Federal armor-plated gun-boat, iv. 249; in the battle of Port Henry, _ib._; disabled, 262; Flag Officer Foote’s warning to his crews about wasting shot, 261; Commander Robert Townsend, 369. _Essex Junior_, formerly the British whaler _Atlantic_, iii. 12; in the fight between the _Phœbe_ and _Cherub_ against the _Essex_, 33–43; is disarmed and sent to New York, 49. _Estido_, Algerian brig, captured near Cape Palos by the American Navy, iii. 348. _Eurydice_, British frigate, ii. 16. Evans, Surgeon Amos E., ii. 168. _Experiment_, British frigate, captures the _Raleigh_, i. 194. _Experiment_, American schooner, i. 330. Exploring expeditions of the American Navy, iii. 464. “Export powder,” an inferior quality of gunpowder, ii. 368. _Fair American_, British brig, driven ashore by the _Hyder Ali_, i. 215. Fairfax, Lieutenant D. M., takes Mason and Slidell off the _Trent_, iv. 144–146. Fairfax, Commander D. M., iv. 480. Falcon, Captain Thomas Gordon, chased by the _Constitution_, iii. 247; surrenders, 252. Falmouth (now called Portland), Maine, attacked by British, i. 24–26, 32. _Fame_, privateer of Salem, ii. 241. _Fanny_, successful blockade-runner, iv. 63. Farragut, Commodore David Glasgow, midshipman on the _Essex_, ii. 40; his wit saves a rescue of the _Alert_ by her crew, 44; his account of the crew of the _Essex_, 49; as captain when only twelve years old, iii. 12, 13; resumes his studies at Nukahiva, 19–21; his account of the fight of the _Essex_ with the _Phœbe_ and _Cherub_, 40–42; in his home at Norfolk, Va., 1862, awaiting orders, iv. 311; a member of the Naval Retiring Board, 313; suggested by Porter as a suitable commander of the New Orleans expedition, 313; accepts the position, 314; ships in his squadron, 314, 315; disguises his ships, 317; advances past the barriers, 324–330; demands surrender of New Orleans from Mayor Monroe, 338; pressed by the Administration to open up the Mississippi, 341; his bold cruise practically fruitless, 342; his fortune in the Gulf of Mexico, 357; runs his squadron past the works of Port Hudson, _ib._; captures Galveston and Corpus Christi, _ib._; losses in his fleet, 358; watches Confederates strengthen their works at Mobile, 384; moves his fleet up to Fort Morgan, 389; commences the battle, 392; disregards the torpedoes, 396; lashed to the mast, _ib._; wins the battle when the _Tennessee_ surrenders, 403; in his report gives special praise to members of his fleet, _ib._; his place in history, 465. Faunce, Captain John, iv. 99. Federal Government, its great aim to strangle and starve the Confederates, iv. 239.