Gordon’s Landing, Red River, fort at, attacked by Ellet, iv. 352. Gorringe, Master H. H., iv. 370. _Governor_, Federal transport, sinks off Cape Hatteras, iv. 166. _Governor Tompkins_, American privateer, ii. 253. _Governor Tryon_, British sloop, attacked by and strikes to the American privateer _Thorn_, i. 209. _Grampus_, American schooner, in fleet sent to punish pirates in South America, iii. 331; captures the _Pandrita_, 332. Grand Gulf, Porter attacks fortifications of, and finds them evacuated, iv. 367; Grant makes it his base of supplies, _ib._ Grant, General Ulysses Simpson, attempts to dislodge Confederates below Cairo, iv. 251; attacks the Confederates at Belmont, 251, 252; proceeds up the Tennessee, to attack Fort Henry, 255; muddy roads prevents his taking part in the capture of the fort, 266; at Fort Donelson, 268; Captain Walker diverts the Confederates’ attention from him, 271; Confederates surrender to him, 272; fight with Confederates at Pittsburg Landing, 284; arrives before Vicksburg, 351; goes to New Carthage to surround Vicksburg, 363; makes Grand Gulf his base of supplies, 367. _Granville_, French privateer, in the fleet of Paul Jones, i. 234. Graves, Admiral, destroys Portland, Maine, i. 24–26. Grease as a protection on armor-plated ships, iv. 10. Great Britain, sea-power of, in 1812, ii. 22; European nations dread the power of, 23. Greene, Lieutenant Charles H., iv. 386. Greene, Captain P. B., blockaded in Bahia Harbor, ii. 179; refuses Lawrence’s challenge, _ib._; cowardice of, 180; rescued by the _Montagu_, _ib._ Greene, Lieutenant S. D., executive officer of the _Monitor_, iv. 216; takes charge of the guns in the turret, 219, 220; takes command after Worden is disabled, 226; his statement, 229, 230; orders regarding the _Merrimac_, 235. Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N. Y., the _Monitor_ constructed at, iv. 192. _Greenwich_, British letter-of-marque whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 9. Greer, Lieutenant-commander James A., before Vicksburg, iv. 363, 369. _Greyhound_, Captain John Porter, iii. 333. _Growler_, American schooner, captured by the British, ii. 351; recaptured by the Americans, 351. _Growler_, American sloop, in Macdonough’s squadron, ii. 354; grounded in the Sorel River, 355. _Growler_, American sloop, iii. 135, 138. _Guanabara_, Brazilian rebel warship at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548; fired on by the United States cruiser _Detroit_, 553. _Guerrière_, American frigate, built in 1814, iii. 64; Decatur’s flagship in expedition sent against the Dey of Algiers, 346, 347.