On the Lakes. -- Close of Hostilities on Lakes Erie and Huron. -- Desultory Warfare on Lake Ontario in 1813. -- Hostilities on Lake Ontario in 1814. -- The Battle of Lake Champlain. -- End of the War upon the Lakes. CHAPTER XIV. On the Ocean. -- The Work of the Sloops-of-War. -- Loss of the "Frolic." -- Fruitless Cruise of the "Adams." -- The "Peacock" Takes the "Epervier." -- The Cruise of the "Wasp." -- She Captures the "Reindeer." -- Sinks the "Avon." -- Mysterious End of the "Wasp". CHAPTER XV. Operations on the New England Coast. -- The Bombardment of Stonington. -- Destruction Of the United States Corvette "Adams." -- Operations on Chesapeake Bay. -- Work of Barney's Barge Flotilla. -- Advance of the British Upon Washington. -- Destruction of the Capitol. -- Operations Against Baltimore. -- Bombardment of Fort McHenry. CHAPTER XVI. Desultory Hostilities on the Ocean. -- Attack Upon Fort Bowyer. -- Lafitte the Pirate. -- British Expedition against New Orleans. -- Battle of the Rigolets. -- Attack on New Orleans, and Defeat of the British. -- Work of the Blue-jackets. -- Capture of the Frigate "President." -- The "Constitution" takes The "Cyane" and "Levant." -- The "Hornet" takes the "Penguin." -- End of the War. CHAPTER XVII. Privateers and Prisons of the War. -- The "Rossie." -- Salem Privateers. -- The "Gen. Armstrong" gives Battle to a British Squadron, and saves New Orleans. -- Narrative of a British Officer. -- The "Prince de Neufchatel." -- Experiences of American Prisoners of War. -- The End. CHAPTER XVIII. The Long Peace broken by the War With Mexico. -- Activity of the Navy. -- Captain Stockton's Stratagem. -- The Battle at San Jose. -- The Blockade. -- Instances of Personal Bravery. -- The Loss of the "Truxton." -- Yellow Fever in the Squadron. -- The Navy at Vera Cruz. -- Capture of Alvarado. CHAPTER XIX. The Navy in Peace. -- Surveying the Dead Sea. -- Suppressing the Slave Trade. -- The Franklin Relief Expedition. -- Commodore Perry in Japan. -- Signing of the Treaty. -- Trouble in Chinese Waters. -- The Koszta Case. -- The Second Franklin Relief Expedition. -- Foote at Canton. -- "Blood is Thicker Than Water". _PART III._ BLUE JACKETS OF '61. CHAPTER I. The Opening of the Conflict. -- The Navies of the Contestants. -- Dix's Famous Despatch. -- The River-gunboats. CHAPTER II. Fort Sumter Bombarded. -- Attempt of the "Star of the West" to re-enforce Anderson. -- The Naval Expedition to Fort Sumter. -- The Rescue of the Frigate "Constitution." -- Burning the Norfolk Navy-Yard. CHAPTER III. Difficulties of the Confederates in Getting a Navy. -- Exploit of the "French Lady." -- Naval Skirmishing on the Potomac. -- The Cruise of the "Sumter" CHAPTER IV.