Navy, the American, at the battle of New Orleans, iii. 229. _Neapolitan_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 415. Neilds, Ensign H. C., heroic conduct of, iv. 394. _Neosho_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 370. _Nereyda_, Peruvian cruiser, captured the American whalers _Walker_ and _Barclay_, iii. 7; is dismantled by the _Essex_ and sent to the Viceroy of Peru, _ib._ _Netley_, British brig, iii. 111. Neutral ports, violations of, iv. 427. Neutrality laws observed by American naval officers, iii. 28, 29. Neutrality, the law of, in open ports, iv. 44. New Carthage, Grant crosses from, to surround Vicksburg, iv. 363. _New Castle_, British frigate, attacks the _Constitution_, iii. 260. _New Ironsides_, successful Federal ironclad, iv. 190, 480. New Madrid, on Missouri River, captured by Pope, iv. 276. New Orleans, British attack on, iii. 230; blockaded by the _Brooklyn_, iv. 44; attacked by Farragut’s squadron, 314–337; Farragut demands the surrender of the city, 338; General Butler takes possession of, 339. New Providence taken by Commodore Hopkins, i. 56. Newton, Isaac, first Assistant Engineer of the _Monitor_, iv. 216. _New York_, United States cruiser, iv. 533. _New Zealander_, British ship, captured by Porter, iii. 14. _Niagara_, British merchantman, captured, ii. 265; Elliott’s ship in battle of Lake Erie, 292. _Niagara_, American ship, Perry shifts his flag from the _Lawrence_ to, ii. 321; after the war is sunk in Little Bay, 337. _Niagara_, United States screw frigate, launched, iv. 15. Nichols, Lieutenant Edward T., iv. 315. Nichols, Captain Samuel, first Captain of marines in American Navy, i. 53. Nicholson, Captain James, i. 187. Nicholson, Lieutenant John B., sent by Decatur to take charge of the _Macedonian_ when she surrendered, ii. 134; carries the _Epervier_ into Savannah after her fight with the _Peacock_, iii. 77; transferred to the _Siren_, _ib._; a story of sailors’ superstitions, 78, 79. Nicholson, Commander J. W. A., iv. 386. Nicholson, Captain Samuel, appointed to the American frigate _Constitution_, i. 312. “Ninety-day fleet, the,” iv. 39. _Nipsic_, United States cruiser, thrown ashore at Samoa, iv. 554. Noah, Mordecai M., American Consul at Tunis, demands indemnity for seizure of the _Abellino_ prizes, iii. 355. _Nocton_, British brig, captured by Porter, iii. 2; recaptured by the _Belvidera_, 3. _Nonita_, American schooner, in attack on Alvarado, iii. 410. _Nonsuch_, American frigate, in Perry’s cruise to South America, iii. 327; Perry makes it his flagship, _ib._; the crew infected with yellow fever, 329. Norderling, Mr., Swedish Consul at Algiers in 1815, iii. 348. _Norfolk_, American ship, i. 316. Norfolk Navy Yard, loss of the, iv. 66–83.