Shreveport, La., General Banks sent on expedition to, to frustrate designs of Napoleon III., iv. 368. Shubrick, Lieutenant J. T., boards the _Peacock_ and endeavors to save the ship from sinking, ii. 184. Shubrick, Commodore William Bradford, in command of the Pacific Coast Squadron, iii. 401. “Siege of Plattsburg,” a popular song, iii. 184. _Silver Wave_, Federal Army transport, before Vicksburg, iv. 364. _Simcoe_, British gun-boat, iii. 143. _Simes_, British schooner, sunk, ii. 271. Sinclair, Captain Arthur, sent to take charge of the American fleet west of the Niagara, iii. 106; sails into Lake Huron, 107; destroys St. Joseph, _ib._; destroys a block-house, 108; returns to Detroit, 109. _Sir Andrew Hammond_, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 16; recaptured by the _Cherub_, 50. _Sir George Prevost_, British gun-boat, iii. 143. _Sir James Yeo_, British gun-boat, iii. 143. _Sir Sidney Beckwith_, British gun-boat, iii. 143. _Sir William Erskine_, British sloop, attacked and captured by the American privateer _Thorn_, i. 209. _Siren_, American brig, accompanies Decatur on his expedition to fire the _Philadelphia_, i. 348–350; John B. Nicholson placed in command of, iii. 78; cruises on the coast of Africa, _ib._; is captured, 79. Slave traffic on the coast of Africa, iii. 360; Admiral Foote’s efforts to stamp it out, 363–367. Slavers, chasing, on the African coast, iii. 360–361. Slavery, kidnapped sailors subjected to a state of, i. 387. Slidell, John, Confederate commissioner to France. See _Mason, James Murray_. Sloat, Captain John Drake, takes possession of Monterey, California, iii. 392; gives up command of the squadron, 394. Smith, Lieutenant Albert N., iv. 315. Smith, Lieutenant Joseph B., attacked by the _Merrimac_, iv. 207; stands by his ship until killed, 208. Smith, Commander Melancthon, iv. 314. Smith, Lieutenant Sydney, indiscreet zeal of, iii. 136. _Solebay_, British frigate, fights with American brig _Providence_, under Paul Jones, i. 74. _Somers_, American brig, enters Vera Cruz harbor and fires the _Creole_, iii. 417; capsizes and drowns half her crew, _ib._ _Somers_, American schooner, captured by the British, iii. 111. _Somers_, American schooner, in battle of Lake Erie, ii. 295. _Somers_, overturned while chasing a blockade-runner, iii. 417. Somers, Commandant Richard, assists in attack on the city of Tripoli, i. 359–367; blown up on the _Intrepid_, 378. Somers, Captain, fights five duels in succession, iii. 315–317. _Somerset_, Fulton ferryboat, captures the blockade-runner _Circassian_, iv. 37. Somerville, Captain Philip, assists in the attack on the _General Armstrong_, iii. 194. Sorel River, invaded by “Wellington’s Invincibles,” iii. 135.