Soulé, Pierre, Senator and Minister to Spain, iv. 338. South Carolina islands, as described by Jedidiah Morse, iv. 31. _Southampton_, British frigate, flagship of Sir James L. Yeo, ii. 348. Southcombe, Captain, fights off nine British barges, iii. 204. Southern States dependent on commerce for necessaries of life, iv. 46; their lack of factories and mills before the Civil War, _ib._ _Southfield_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 454. _Sparlin_, British sloop, captured by the _Thorn_, i. 209. _Spitfire_, American merchantman, stopped by the _Guerrière_, ii. 7. _Spitfire_, British sloop, ii. 359. Spies, New Orleans fishermen as, iv. 313. Sproats, David, inhuman conduct of, i. 224. Spy service of Federal government not as good as the Confederate, iv. 189. Squaw Island, N. Y., the _Detroit_ grounds on, ii. 278. Stanton, Edward, Secretary of War, his views of the victory of the _Merrimac_, iv. 211–212. _Star of the West_, Federal steamer, first shot of the Civil War fired at, iii. 363; taken by the Confederates, _ib._ Stars and Stripes first saluted by a foreign power, i. 138. _State of Georgia_, Federal warship, iv. 237. Steamboats under fire of heavy guns, iv. 252. Steam-rams, first fight of, in history, iv. 307. Stembel, Captain R. N., before Fort Pillow, iv. 289; badly wounded, 294. Sterrett, Lieutenant Andrew, sent to Tripoli, i. 335; appointed to command the _Enterprise_, ii. 373; captures the _Tripoli_, _ib._ _Stettin_, armed merchantman, attacked by the Confederate ironclad _Palmetto State_, iv. 474. Stevens, Captain T. H., at Port Royal, iv. 163. Stevens, Robert L., invents first ironclad, iv. 9. Stevens, Commander Thomas Holdup, iv. 386; in charge of Federal fleet to carry Fort Sumter by storm, 494. Stewart, Lord George, commander in the attack on the _Constitution_ at Porto Praya, iii. 260. Stewart, Captain Charles, sails from Boston, iii. 242; overhauls and captures the British war-schooner _Picton_, _ib._; falls in with the British frigate _La Pique_, 243; finds the British frigates _Junon_ and _Tenedos_ lying in wait for him, 244; escapes to Marblehead, _ib._; returns to Boston, 245; sails out of Boston while blockade squadron is off port, _ib._; captures British merchant ship, _Lord Nelson_, _ib._; chases the _Elizabeth_, but captures the _Susan_, 245; chased by the frigates _Tiber_ and _Elizabeth_, 246; escapes, _ib._; encounters the frigate _Cyane_ and sloop-of-war _Levant_, 247; opens fire on both ships, 249; the _Cyane_ surrenders to, 252; the _Levant_ surrenders to, 255; sails to Porto Praya with his captures, 260; the _Newcastle_, _Leander_, and _Acasta_ surprise him, 260; the _Newcastle_ opens fire, 265; the _Constitution_ sails away free, _ib._; her last fight, 268.