_Epervier_, British brig-sloop, captured by the _Peacock_, iii. 66–71; taken into Savannah by Lieutenant John B. Nicholson, 76–78. _Epervier_, American ship, lost at sea, iii. 354. _Era_, Confederate steamer, captured by Federal fleet, iv. 352. Erben, Captain Henry, at Fort Pillow, iv. 289. _Ericsson_, a name given to the first monitor, iv. 215. Ericsson, John, Swedish engineer, his screw propeller, iv. 10; his boat the _Francis B. Ogden_, _ib._; induced to come to America, 11; plans the first screw steamship, 12; Naval Board makes a contract with, for the _Monitor_, 191. Erie, Pa., chosen as base of operations for gaining control of Lake Erie, ii. 282; ship-building at, 286. _Espiègle_, British war-brig, chased by Captain Lawrence of the _Hornet_, ii. 181; again chased after sinking the _Peacock_, 190. _Essex_, American frigate, sent to Tripoli, i. 335. _Essex_, American frigate, ii. 33; first cruise in War of 1812, 34–50; British frigate _Minerva_ refuses to fight with, 39–41; captures the _Alert_, 41–43; crew of _Alert_ plan a rescue, 44; chased by the _Shannon_, 47; Farragut’s account of the crew, 49; begins her second cruise, Oct. 8, 1812, iii. 1; cruises off Port Praya, 2; captures the brig _Nocton_, 2, 3; dysentery among the crew, 4; panic on board, 6; painted and disguised, 8; captures British whalers, _ib._; refitted from the captured ships, 9; captures the _Atlantic_ and the _Greenwich_, _ib._; captures the _Charlton_, 13; goes into the harbor of Nukahiva to refit, 18–21; an incipient mutiny on, 21; attacked by the _Phœbe_ and _Cherub_, 24–43; losses of, 44; sent to England to be added to the British Navy, 48; her captures, 52; amount of damage done to the enemy, _ib._ _Essex_, Federal armor-plated gun-boat, iv. 249; in the battle of Port Henry, _ib._; disabled, 262; Flag Officer Foote’s warning to his crews about wasting shot, 261; Commander Robert Townsend, 369. _Essex Junior_, formerly the British whaler _Atlantic_, iii. 12; in the fight between the _Phœbe_ and _Cherub_ against the _Essex_, 33–43; is disarmed and sent to New York, 49. _Estido_, Algerian brig, captured near Cape Palos by the American Navy, iii. 348. _Eurydice_, British frigate, ii. 16. Evans, Surgeon Amos E., ii. 168. _Experiment_, British frigate, captures the _Raleigh_, i. 194. _Experiment_, American schooner, i. 330. Exploring expeditions of the American Navy, iii. 464. “Export powder,” an inferior quality of gunpowder, ii. 368. _Fair American_, British brig, driven ashore by the _Hyder Ali_, i. 215. Fairfax, Lieutenant D. M., takes Mason and Slidell off the _Trent_, iv. 144–146. Fairfax, Commander D. M., iv. 480. Falcon, Captain Thomas Gordon, chased by the _Constitution_, iii. 247; surrenders, 252.