_Lady Prevost_, British war-vessel, fired and destroyed by the Americans, ii. 279. Lafayette, carried back to France in the _Alliance_, i. 232; narrowly escapes capture, _ib._ _Lafayette_, Federal gun-boat, in Porter’s fleet surrounding Vicksburg, iv. 363; Lieutenant-commander J. P. Foster, 369. Lake Erie, the battle of, ii. 309–325. Lamb, Colonel William, commander of Fort Fisher, iv. 507. Lambert, Captain Henry, surrenders to Captain Bainbridge of the _Constitution_, ii. 155–173; his attempt to board the _Constitution_, 158; mortally wounded, 165; Captain Bainbridge returns his sword, 172. Lambert, Jonathan, proprietor of the island of Tristan d’Acunha, a breeding resort for seals in the South Atlantic, iii. 270. _Lancaster_, United States screw sloop, built, iv. 16. _Lancaster_, Federal ram, sunk below Port Hudson, iv. 358. Landais, Captain Pierre, placed in command of the _Alliance_ by Congress, i. 232; mutinous conduct of, 234; fouls the _Alliance_ with the _Bonhomme Richard_, _ib._; insolence of, 235; captures a valuable prize, 236; refuses to attend a council of officers, 237; jealousy of, 241; further insubordination of, 244; fires into the _Bonhomme Richard_, 254; treachery of, 267; dismissed and settles in New York City, _ib._ Langdon, John, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36. Langthorne, Lieutenant A. R., iv. 370. _La Pique_, British frigate, encounters the _Constitution_ off Porto Rico, iii. 242. Lardner, Captain J. L., commands the _Susquehanna_ at Port Royal, iv. 163. Laugharne, Captain Thomas L. P., surrenders to Porter, ii. 42. Laurens, Henry, American Ambassador to Holland, is removed from the _Mercury_ by the Captain of the British ship _Vestal_, and taken to St. Johns, Newfoundland, iv. 153; taken to England and imprisoned in the Tower of London, 154; exchanged for Lord Cornwallis, _ib._; his case parallel to the _Trent_ affair, _ib._ _Lurestinus_, British frigate, ii. 395. Law, Lieutenant of British marines, fires at Lawrence and wounds him, ii. 213. _Lawrence_, American brig, flagship of Commodore Perry, ii. 290; in the battle of Lake Erie, 317; Perry shifts his flag to the _Niagara_, 321; sunk in Little Bay, 337.