_Guerrière_, British frigate, picking sailors from American ships, ii. 6; flees from an inferior force, 7; stops the _Spitfire_, and takes off John Deguyo, an American citizen, _ib._; race with the _Constitution_, 55; Captain Dacres in charge of, 55–60; fight with the _Constitution_, 76–95; surrendered and blown up, 95. Gun-boats, the ideal navy, ii. 388; description and build of, 389; arguments in favor of, 390; cheapness of, 392; points against, _ib._; cost of, 393; difficulty of getting unanimity of captains in battle, 394; lack of discipline on gun-boats, _ib._; use of, in Long Island Sound, 395; first encounter with gun-boats, _ib._; uselessness again shown, 416. Gunners of 1812 and 1861 compared, iv. 419. Gunpowder, expedients for getting, by the United Colonies, i. 28. Guns, penetrating power of long and short, iii. 142; improvements made in, iv. 18–23. Gwin, Lieutenant, supports Grant at Pittsburg Landing, iv. 284. Hacker, Captain Hoysted, i. 79, 282, 283. Haggerty, Captain F. L., at Port Royal, iv. 163. _Halifax_, British war-ship, i. 406, 407. Hallock, Captain William, i. 66. Hambleton, Purser on the _Lawrence_ in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 317. _Hamilton_, American schooner, ii. 350. Hamilton, Schuyler, suggests cutting through the trees of swamp from the Mississippi to New Madrid, iv. 281. Hampton Roads, the first point blockaded in the Civil War, iv. 40; _Keystone State_ blockades, 45. Hanchett, Captain, ii. 398. Handy, Captain Robert, misunderstands signals, iv. 133, 134; letter to Captain Pope, showing his fear of the _Manassas_, 136. _Hannah_, a Providence packet, chased by the _Gaspé_, i. 5. Harding, Captain Seth, surrenders to the _Orpheus_ and _Roebuck_, i. 298. _Harriet Lane_, American revenue cutter, used as a war-ship, iv. 42; Captain John Faunce, 99. _Harriet Lane_, Federal frigate, captured in the Gulf of Mexico, iv. 357. Harrison, Lieutenant Napoleon B., iv. 314. _Hartford_, United States screw sloop, built, iv. 16; flagship of Captain Farragut, 314; set on fire by Confederate fire-raft, 329; passes the batteries at Port Hudson, 358; flagship of Rear-admiral Farragut, 386. Hatteras, Cape, battle between the _Wasp_ and the _Frolic_ in the tail of a gale off, ii. 107. Hatteras, Fort, captured by Federal forces, iv. 106; the first Union victory in the War of Secession, _ib._ Hatteras hurricane, a fleet of transports in a, iv. 166. Hatteras Inlet, N. C., resort of the “Hatteras Pirates,” iv. 97. _Hatteras_, merchant-steamer, captured and sunk by the _Alabama_ at Galveston, iv. 432. _Hawke_, American tender, captured by British off Long Island, i. 56. Hawkins, Captain Richard, refuses to fight the _Essex_, ii. 39–41; branded as a coward, 40.