_Lexington_, American brig, i. 63; captured by British frigate _Pearl_, 66; escapes, 68; sent to Europe under Captain Johnson, 117; captured by the cutter _Alert_, 119, 120; fate of the crew of, 121, 122. _Lexington_, merchant-vessel, purchased by Commander Rodgers for use in Federal Navy, iv. 241; Captain Stembel appointed to command, 251. _Lexington_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369. Lexington, battle of, i. 14. Lincoln’s proclamation blockading the Southern ports, iv. 28–30. _Linnet_, British brig, at the battle of Lake Champlain, iii. 138, 142, 166; surrenders, _ib._ Linzee, Captain, chased by the _Gaspé_, i. 5. Little, Captain John, fights and captures the _Berceau_, i. 328. _Little Belt_, British corvette, fires on the American frigate _President_, ii. 10; in battle of Lake Erie, 297. Little Falls, N. Y., Indian and Dutch traders at, ii. 263. _Little Rebel_, sunk by the Federals at Fort Pillow, iv. 302. Livermore, Parson Samuel, ii. 214. _Livingston_, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 127. Lloyd, Captain Robert, assists in the attack on the _General Armstrong_, iii. 194. Lockyer, Captain, attacks Lieutenant Catesby Jones at New Orleans, iii. 235. Lomax, Colonel, captures the Pensacola Navy Yard, iv. 112. _Lord Nelson_, British merchantman, captured by the _Oneida_, ii. 265. Los Angeles, Cal., captured from the Mexicans by Commodore Stockton, iii. 397; recaptured, _ib._; retaken by the Americans, 401. _Lottery_, American ship, captured, iii. 204. _Louisa Beaton_, American brigantine, engaged in the African slave traffic, iii. 364. _Louisa Hatch_, captured by the _Alabama_, iv. 427. _Louisa Kilham_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 415. _Louisiana_, American schooner, in the attack on New Orleans, iii. 240; used as a powder-boat to blow up Fort Fisher, iv. 510. _Louisville_, armor-plated Federal gun-boat, built by Eads, iv. 245; disabled, 271; in Porter’s fleet before Vicksburg, 363, 369. _Lowell_, Confederate ship, sunk at Fort Pillow, iv. 301. Lowry, Captain R. R., iv. 100. _Loyal Convert_, British vessel, i. 90. Ludlow, Lieutenant Augustus C., strives to get the crew in place, ii. 206; mortally wounded, 210; interred in Trinity Churchyard, 225. _Ludlow_, American gun-boat, iii. 141. Lynch, Confederate Commodore W. F., at Roanoke Island, iv. 109. Lyons, Lord, British Minister to Washington, his instructions relative to the _Trent_ affair, iv. 150–153. McCall, Lieutenant Edward Rutley, in the _Boxer_ fight, ii. 376; takes command after Captain Burrows is disabled, 378; the _Boxer_ surrenders to him, 379. McCann, Lieutenant William P., iv. 389. McCauley, Commodore, disloyal conduct of, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, iv. 72–74.