_Mattabesett_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 457. Matterface, Lieutenant William, in the attack on the American ship _General Armstrong_, iii. 194. _Maurepas_, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 127. Mayo, W. R., his report of the assault on Fort Fisher, iv. 520. Medicines excluded by blockade of Southern ports, iv. 56. Mediterranean, second war with African pirates in the, iii. 339–358. _Medway_, British liner, captures the _Siren_, iii. 79. _Medway_, British frigate, with Farragut’s fleet at New Orleans, iv. 323. _Melampus_, British war-ship, i. 406, 407. _Mellish_, British brig, captured by Paul Jones, i. 79. Memphis, battle of, iv. 298–307; railroad communication with, cut off, 266, 267. _Memphis_, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad _Palmetto State_, iv. 474. _Mercedita_, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad _Palmetto State_, iv. 474. Mercer, Captain Samuel, iv. 99. Merchants, British, sufferings by the American Revolution, i. 112, 113, 127. _Mercury_, Dutch packet, Henry Laurens, Ambassador to Holland, sails on, iv. 153; the British frigate _Vestal_ overhauls her and takes Mr. Laurens from, _ib._ _Merrimac_, United States screw frigate, launched, iv. 15; the old frigate transformed into a floating fort, 186; reconstructed, 186–188; particulars of building, 187; the best and heaviest guns placed on her, 188; her engines in bad condition, _ib._; named the _Virginia_, but not known in history by that name, 189; starts on a trial trip, 197; the _Congress_ and _Cumberland_ harmlessly open fire on her, 200; she rams the _Cumberland_, 202; opens fire on and silences the Federal batteries, 207; attacks the _Congress_, which surrenders, _ib._; comparison of her guns and armament with the _Monitor_, 217, 218; Captain Worden tries to find a vulnerable spot, 222; she runs aground twice, 223; tries to ram the _Monitor_, 224; attempts made to board the _Monitor_, 225; fires at the _Minnesota_, _ib._; steams back to Norfolk, 229; leak discovered, 230; the gunnery better than the _Monitor’s_, 232; the _Merrimac_ overhauled at Norfolk, 234; Commodore Tattnall relieves Buchanan in command, _ib._; Tattnall takes the _Merrimac_ down to Hampton Roads, _ib._; the _Monitor_ retreats from, 235; blown up on Craney Island, 237. Mervine, Captain, attempts to march on Los Angeles, but is driven back, iii. 398. _Metacomet_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 386. Metsko Devantigers, Japanese reporters, iii. 455. Mexican War, the navy’s part in the, iii. 424, 428, 429. Mexico, Gulf of, naval operations in the, iii. 402–428; Farragut’s operations in the, iv. 357. Mexico, French troops enter, iv. 367. _Miami_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 454. _Milford_, British frigate, encounter with Paul Jones, i. 77.