Selma, the, Confederate gunboat, 220, 239
Sherman, General W.T., at Haines's Bluff, 119; directed to support Porter, 148, 150 et seq., 163, 168, 170, 173; confers with Banks, 189 et seq.; at Alexandria, 203, 225
Shirk, Lieutenant J.W., of the Lexington, 21; gallant service at Pittsburg Landing, 37 et seq.; at Memphis, 50, 155, 213 et seq.
Signal, the, U.S. gunboat, 117, 123, 142, 171, 207, 210
Smith, General A.G., 190, 192 et seq., 211
Smith, General T. Kilby, 194, 196 et seq.
Smith, Lieutenant-Commander Watson, 121, 143
Squadron, Mississippi, 55, 107, 211, 216 et seq.
Squadron, Western Gulf Blockading, 8, 52, 187, 249
Steele, General, 168, 189 et seq., 212, 246
Stembel, Commander, of the Lexington, 18 et seq., 21; of the Cincinnati, 42; dangerously shot, 44
Stevens, Commander Thomas H., 229, 232, 238
Stonewall Jackson, the, Confederate vessel, 81 et seq.
Stringham, Flag-Officer, commands Atlantic Squadron, 4
Switzerland, the, Union ram, 49, 123, 140, 151 et seq., 166 et seq.
Taylor, General Richard, 129, 164, 167; engages a negro brigade, 176 et seq., 249
Tennessee, the, Confederate ram, 220 et seq., 231, 236 et seq., 240 et seq.
Thatcher, Rear-Admiral H.K., 246, 248 et seq.
Theron, Monsieur, French Consul in Texas, 185 et seq.
Thompson, Lieutenant E., of the Pittsburg, 27, 42
Tilghman, General, surrenders Fort Henry to Union fleet, 23
Tuscumbia, the, U.S. vessel, 111 et seq., 155, 157, 160 et seq., 168
Tyler, the, Union gunboat, 12, 19 et seq., 24, 27 et seq., 37 et seq., 99 et seq., 123, 175, 212 et seq.
United States Navy, anomalous position of, 17, 20 et seq.; seventeen vessels in, and their tonnage, 54; six gunboats, 55 et seq.; tinclads, 110 et seq.
Varuna, U.S. corvette, 54 et seq., 73, 81 et seq.
Vicksburg, Miss., 11, 51, 90 et seq.; description, 93 et seq.; surrender of, 173
Wainwright, Lieutenant Jonathan M., of the Harriet Lane, 56
Walke, Commander Henry, of the Tyler, 19 et seq.; commands the Carondelet, 26; his gallant passage down the river, 32 et seq., 42; in the Yazoo, 99 et seq.; at Helena, 110; in the Yazoo, 116 et seq., 139, 155; at Alexandria, 166 et seq.
Walker, Lieutenant-Commander John G., 118, 121 et seq., 142, 169, 171; sent to Yazoo City, 177
Warley, Lieutenant A.F., commands the Enoch Train, 5, 61, 84 (note)