_Adams_, American frigate, changed to a corvette, iii. 54; Captain Charles Morris in command of, 57; on the coast of Africa, 58; chased by the _Tigris_, 59; scurvy on board, 60; runs on a rock, 61; attacked on the Penobscot, 62; burned, _ib._ Adams, Captain H. A., disloyal conduct of, iv. 117. Adams, John, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36. Adams, Samuel, and the Boston tea-party, i. 12. _Adelaide_, Federal transport, iv. 100. _Adeline_, American brig, recaptured from the British, ii. 74. _Admiral Duff_, British privateer, blown up by the _Protector_, i. 207. _Adriana_, American brigantine, Ambassador to Holland sails on, iv. 153. _Adventure_, British ship, burned by Paul Jones, i. 78. _Africa_, British ship-of-the-line, ii. 55. Africa, making the coast of, safe for American traders, iii. 340–358. _Aiken_, Southern revenue cutter, converted into the Confederate privateer _Petrel_, iv. 93. _Alabama_, Confederate privateer, off Galveston, iv. 357; known as _No. 290_, 430; Captain Semmes appointed to command, 431; cruises off the Azores, Martinique, Galveston, Cape Town, and the East Indies, 432–436; encounters the _Kearsarge_ at Cherbourg, 436; comparison of their armaments, 437; the fight, 438–441; prizes taken by, 447. _Alabama_ claims, iv. 430. _Albatross_, Federal gun-boat, passes the batteries of Port Hudson, iv. 358. _Albemarle_, Confederate ironclad ram, iv. 456; laid up at Plymouth, N.C., 457; blown up by Lieutenant Cushing, 461. Albemarle Sound, N.C., a Confederate privateer resort, iv. 94. _Albert Adams_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by the _Sumter_, iv. 415. Alden, Captain James, iv. 386. Alden, Commander James, iv. 314. _Alert_, British corvette, surrenders to the _Essex_, ii. 42; attempt to rescue from Porter, 43, 44. _Alert_, British cutter, captures the _Lexington_, i. 119, 120. Alexander, Captain Charles, i. 66. _Alexandria_, British frigate, ii. 359. Alexandria, Red River, Admiral Porter’s squadrons arrive at, iv. 370. _Alfred_, American flagship, sent to France, i. 130; captured, 132, 133. Algerian fleet sent after Yankee merchantmen, iii. 341. Algerian Navy, strength of the, iii. 344. Algerian pirates encouraged by England, i. 308, 309. Algiers, Africa, tribute paid to by the United States, iii. 339; by England, 340. Algiers, Dey of, ransom paid to, i. 309, 310; treatment of Americans by, iii. 340, 341. Algiers, harbor defences of, iii. 345. _Allen_, American gun-boat, iii. 141. Allen, Captain William Henry, ii. 360; carries the American Minister to France, 361; sails into the English Channel, _ib._; captures a wine ship from Portugal, 362, 363; encounters the _Pelican_, 362–364; his ship surrendered, 367; dies in Mill Prison Hospital, 371.