Haymakers, Machias, attack of the, on the _Margaretta_, i. 21. Haymakers and wood-choppers as Yankee seamen, iii. 82, 83, 86, 90, 95. _Hazard_, American privateer, captured the British brig _Active_, i. 206. Hazard, Captain, in the first naval battle of the Revolution, i. 57. _Hebrus_, British frigate, ii. 420. _Hector_, British letter-of-marque ship, captured by Lieutenant Downes, iii. 10. Heddart, Captain Francis, extracts from his account of the _Serapis_-_Bonhomme Richard_ battle, i. 245, 257. Henley, Midshipman John D., assists in the attack on the city of Tripoli, i. 366. _Henry Clay_, Federal army transport, in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, iv. 364; catches fire and sinks, _ib._ Hewes, Joseph, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36. _Hibernia_, British transport, captured by Captain Hopkins, i. 281. Hickman, on the Mississippi, evacuated by the Confederates, iv. 275. _Highflyer_, British schooner, Captain Rodgers succeeds in getting private signals from, ii. 23, 358. Hillyar, Captain James, in the harbor of Valparaiso, iii. 25; attempts to attack the _Essex_, but is scared off, 26; attacks the _Essex_ in company with the _Cherub_, 30–43; criticism on handling his ship, 46. Hilton Head. See _Fort Walker_. Hinman, Captain Elisha, i. 66; sent to France for army supplies, 130; his ship captured by the British, 133. Hislop, Lieutenant-general, Governor of Bombay, on board the _Java_ in her fight with the _Constitution_, ii. 168; Captain Bainbridge’s curious dream of, 172, 173. Hoel, Lieutenant W. R., iv. 363, 370. Hoffman, Lieutenant B. V., sent to take charge of the _Cyane_ when she surrendered, iii. 252. Hoke, General, advances on Plymouth, N. C., and captures it, iv. 455, 456. Holdup, Thomas, in the battle of Lake Erie, chases and captures the _Chippewa_ and _Little Belt_, ii. 326. _Holland_, torpedo boat, launching of, iv. 543. Holland, John P., inventor of submarine torpedo boats, iv. 542. Honor, American Medal of, origin of, iv. 111. Hope, Lieutenant David, horrible cruelty of, to sailors, i. 389; wounded on the _Macedonian_, ii. 140; his report on gunnery practice, 143. Hopkins, Esek, Commander-in-chief of first American fleet, i. 42; career of, 48; dismissed from the service, 61; dies near Providence, R. I., _ib._ Hopkins, Captain John Burrows, in command of the _Cabot_, i. 57. Hopkins, Commodore Robert, receives his appointment through influence of John Adams, i. 49; sent to Chesapeake Bay in search of Lord Dunmore, 53; goes to the Bahamas instead and attacks the British there, _ib._ Hopkins, Stephen, member of first Marine Committee, i. 36. _Hornet_, sloop of first American Navy, i. 40.