Vergennes, Vt., Macdonough builds the _Saratoga_ there, iii. 137. _Vesuvius_, United States dynamite cruiser, iv. 540. Veterans of the Peninsular War sent to subjugate America, iii. 135. Vicksburg, Admiral Farragut’s fleet arrives at, iv. 341; moves made against, by way of the Yazoo River country, 350; they failed, _ib._; General Grant arrives before, 351; Admiral Porter tries to get in behind, 358–363; Grant surrounds, 363. _Victor_, British gun-boat, captures the _Hancock_, i. 185. _Vigilant_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 415. _Vincennes_, American ship, sent to Japan in 1845, iii. 440. _Vincennes_, Federal war-ship, iv. 129; misunderstands signals, 133, 134. _Viper_, American gun-boat, iii. 141. _Virginia_, American frigate, grounded in Chesapeake Bay, i. 186. _Virginia_, English frigate, i. 284. _Virginia_, a name given to the reconstructed _Merrimac_, but not used, iv. 189. _Vixen_, American cruiser, in the attack on Tripoli, i. 374. _Vixen_, American brig, captured by British frigate _Southampton_, ii. 348. _Vixen_, American steamer, in attack on Alvarado, iii. 410. _Voluntaire_, French frigate, i. 316. _Wabash_, United States screw frigate, iv. 15; commanded by Captain Samuel Mercer, 99; Captain C. R. P. Rodgers, commander, 163. _Wachusett_, Federal frigate, captures the _Florida_, iv. 424. Wadsworth, Captain Alexander Scammel, appointed to the _Constellation_, iii. 327. “Waggon, The,” a contemptuous term applied to the frigate _President_ by the British, ii. 360. Wales, Captain R. W., fights a battle with the _Peacock_, iii. 68–71; surrenders, 71; his ship is carried into Savannah, 77. Walke, Commander Henry, in charge of transport _Supply_, iv. 115; disobeys orders, _ib._; is court-martialed, 116; appointed to command the _Taylor_, 250; convoys General Grant down the Mississippi, 251; in command of gun-boat _Taylor_, 251; gallant conduct of, 252; his timely aid, _ib._; commands the _Carondelet_ in Commodore Foote’s fleet, 255; his seeming insolence to Commodore Foote, 266; commences the attack on Fort Donelson, 268; diverts the Confederates’ attention from Grant, 271; successfully runs the _Carondelet_ past the batteries of Island No. 10, 281; resourcefulness of, 282; passes six forts, under fire of fifty guns, 283; aids the _Cincinnati_, 294. _Walker_, American whaler, captured by the Peruvian cruiser _Nereyda_, iii. 7. “Wall-piece,” a gun used in capturing the _Margaretta_, i. 17. _Wampanoag_, Federal ironclad, iv. 472, 473.