_Carnation_, British brig, attacks the _General Armstrong_ in the neutral port of Fayal, Azores, iii. 187–200. Caroband Bank, South America, fight between the _Hornet_ and _Peacock_ near, ii. 181. _Caroline_, American schooner, attacks the British camp at Villeré’s Plantation on the Mississippi, iii. 239; is fired and abandoned, 240. Carondelet, James B. Eads’s shipyard at, iv. 243. _Carondelet_, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245, 369; goes aground outside Fort Henry, 265; gets free, 266; shells Fort Donelson, 268, 271; disabled before Fort Donelson, 271; gun bursts on, 272; in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, 363. Carronades, description and value of, ii. 36–38. Carronades (short guns) out of use, iii. 141. Carrying trade of the Mediterranean, England’s tribute to the Dey of Algiers for, iii. 340; after the War of 1812, _ib._ Cassin, Lieutenant Stephen, iii. 139. _Castilian_, English brig-sloop, iii. 93. _Catherine_, British ship, captured by Lieutenant Downes, iii. 10. Cat-o’-ninetails used to enforce orders on British ships, i. 389. _Catskill_, Federal ironclad, iv. 480. _Cayuga_, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 314. _Centipede_, American gun-boat, iii. 141. _Centipede_, British launch, ii. 398; sunk, 400. Ceremonies connected with first American fleet, i. 44–46. _Ceres_, British man-of-war, captures the _Alfred_, i. 132, 133. Chads, Lieutenant, in the fight with the _Constitution_, takes command when Captain Lambert is mortally wounded, ii. 165. Champlain, Lake, naval battle on, i. 92–100; reflections on the battle, 105–111. Champlin, Stephen, in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 326; fires the last shot of the battle, 327. Chandeleur Islands, the British forces arrive at, to attack New Orleans, iii. 230. Chaplin, Lieutenant J. C., attacks the forts at Acquia Creek, iv. 82. Charles City, Ark., attack on, by Federal gun-boats and an Indiana regiment, iv. 307. _Charleston_, United States cruiser, plans of, imported, iv. 531. Charleston, S. C., defences of, iv. 467; bombardment of, iv. 480–502. _Charlton_, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 14. _Charwell_, British brig, iii. 110. Chase, Major W. H., and Colonel Lomax, capture the Pensacola Navy Yard, iv. 112. _Chasseur_, Baltimore clipper, attacks the _St. Lawrence_, British war-schooner, iii. 204. _Chatsworth_, American brigantine, slave-ship captured by Lieutenant Foote, iii. 366.