_Monongahela_, Federal gun-boat, passes the batteries of Port Hudson, iv. 358; Commander James H. Strong, 389. Monroe, ----, Mayor of New Orleans, objects to surrendering the city to Farragut, iv. 338. _Monsieur_, French privateer, in the fleet of Paul Jones, i. 234; captures a Holland ship, 235. _Montagu_, British frigate, rescues the _Bonne Citoyenne_ from the _Hornet_, ii. 180. _Montauk_, Federal monitor, shells and burns the Confederate ironclad _Nashville_, iv. 480. Monterey, Cal., Captain Catesby Jones takes possession of, iii. 390; the American fleet under Captain Sloat take possession of, 392. _Montezuma_, American ship, i. 316. _Montezuma_, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 8. _Montgomery_, American brig, fight with the _Surinam_, ii. 254. Montgomery, Captain J. E., at Fort Pillow, iv. 290; retreats, 297. Montgomery, John B., takes possession of settlement on San Francisco Bay, iii. 392. _Monticello_, Federal frigate, iv. 99. _Montmorency_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 415. Moore, Captain, i. 15; killed on the _Margaretta_, i. 22. _Moore_, Confederate cotton-clad steamer, iv. 321; rams and sinks the _Varuna_, 334; fired by the _Cayuga_ and _Oneida_, _ib._ _Morgan_, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 380. Morris, Captain Charles, wit of, in an emergency, ii. 58; shot through the body in the _Guerrière_ fight, 88; placed in command of the _Adams_, iii. 57; runs the blockade in the Chesapeake, 57, 58; he cruises on the coast of Africa, 58; goes in search of the Jamaica fleet, _ib._; sails to Newfoundland, thence to Ireland, and after taking a few prizes is chased by the _Tigris_, 59; again chased for forty hours, 59, 60; his crew attacked by scurvy, 60; his ship is driven on a rock, _ib._; attacked by a British fleet and compelled to burn his ship, 62; appointed to command of the _Florida_, iv. 424; during his absence on shore Captain Collins of the _Wachusett_ captures her and takes her to the United States, _ib._ Morris, Lieutenant George U., iv. 201; attacks the _Merrimac_, _ib._; his ship is rammed, 201, 202; refuses to surrender, 202–204; his gallantry commended, 204, 205. Morris, Captain Henry W., iv. 314. Morris Island, Charleston, iv. 467. Morse, Jedidiah, his description of the South Carolina islands, iv. 31. _Mosher_, unarmored Confederate boat, Captain Sherman commanding, iv. 321, 329; fired at and sunk by the _Hartford_, _ib._ _Mosquito_, American ship, chases and captures a pirate brig, iii. 335. Mottoes, naval, on men-of-war, iii. 30.