_McClellan_, Federal transport, iv. 135. McDonald, Lieutenant James, succeeds Captain Dickenson in command, iii. 276; surrenders to Captain Biddle, 276–278. Macdonough, Captain Thomas, i. 348; in the attack on the city of Tripoli, 361; sends the _Growler_ and _Eagle_ in pursuit of British gun-boats, iii. 136; repairs to Vergennes, Vt., _ib._; in command of a squadron, 144, 145; his careful preparations, 147–150; his squadron assembled, 152; an interested audience, _ib._; the battle opened with a prayer, 154; a sporting rooster, 155; Macdonough is knocked senseless, 161; he cleverly winds his ship, 164; wins the battle of Lake Champlain, 166; casualties and losses of, in the battle, 174; anecdote of, 179–181; the Legislature of New York donates him land, 182; the Legislature of Vermont presents him with a farm, _ib._; he is promoted, 183; his victory served to bring the war to a close, 184. _Macedonian_, British frigate, cruelty and flogging of sailors on, i. 389; encounters the frigate _United States_, ii. 124; battle with, 125–134; a horrible scene of carnage, 134; the crew breaks into the spirits-room, 136, 137; American seamen found on board, 137, 138; losses among the crew, 139; the forces of the two ships, 140; taken to New York, 148; fitted for sea in the American service, 150. _Machias_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 415. Machias haymakers, attack of the, on the _Margaretta_, i. 21. _McLane_, American steamer, grounded before Alvarado, Mexico, iii. 410. Macomb, Major-general Alexander, opposed to Sir George Prevost at Plattsburg, iii. 147, 169. _McRae_, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 17. _McRae_, Confederate cotton-clad steamer, iv. 321; fight with the Federal steamer _Iroquois_, 332. Madame Island, Paul Jones captured British vessels at, i. 78. _Madison_, American privateer, ii. 245. _Madison_, the flagship of Commodore Chauncey, ii. 341. Madison, President, lack of an American Navy discreditable to the Administration of, ii. 26. Maffitt, Captain John Newland, authority on construction of fortifications, iv. 170; appointed to command of Confederate cruiser _Florida_, 418; goes to Havana and Mobile to get a crew, _ib._; his ship fired at by Captain Preble, of the _Winona_, 419; is blockaded, but escapes, 423; goes to Nassau, _ib._; cruises between New York and Brazil, 424; overhauls his ship, _ib._; he is relieved by Captain Morris, _ib._ _Magnet_, British brig, iii. 128. Mahan, Captain A. T., fortifications of Mobile described by, iv. 379–383. Mahone, William, Southern politician, trickery of, iv. 74, 75. _Maine_, United States cruiser, iv. 534.