INDEX A. Houghton, USS, 273 Ahby Bradford, 64 Adams, Daniel, 11 Adams, Robert, USN, 273 AdolphHugel, USS, 181, 272 Alden, James, 126, 131, 153-54, 156, 198, 210, 225,231, 236, 242-43, 269 Algiers, 3, 7, 69, 79, 116, 246; defenses at 121-22 Allen, Edward J., 227 Allen, Henry W., 129 Allen, NathanielP., 93 Anderson, Robert J., 29,35 Andrew, John, 133 Anglo-Norman (River Defense Fleet), 123 Anglo-Saxon (River Defense Fleet), 123 Arizona (River Defense Fleet), 123 Arkaruaj, CSS, 259, 260 Arietta, USS, 181, 183,272 Arnold, Thomas,232 Atlantic (River Defense Fleet), 123 Austin, Charles, 87 Bache, Alexander D., 179 Bacon, George B., 201,207 Bailey, Theodorus, 131, 152-53, 206,256, 269; demands New Orleans surrender, 238, 243-44; runsgauntlet,209- 10, 221,224-25,231,241 Baker, Marion A., 244,246 Baldwin, Charles H., 272 Barnard, John G., 173-76 Barron, Samuel,261 Bartlett, John R.,228-29, 231 Baton Rouge, 11-13, 15, 18,29 Beauregard, Pierre G. T,, 2, 3, 28, 29, 31, 34, 66, 120, 180, 243; on defense of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 19-21, 25,27 Beggs, James, 240 Bell, Henry H., 126, 177-78, 180, 182, 198-99, 206,269;at City Hall,244, 246—48; and breaking chain barrier 201-203; runs gauntlet,231 Bell, John, 9, Belligerent rights, 35—36 Benjamin, Judah P.,4, 6, 11, 15,21-22, 24, 26, 148; depletes Lovell s force, 122; relationship with Lovell, 108109 , 116-19, 123;and River Defense Fleet, 123, 138-40, 145; strips New Orleans of troops and materiel,122 Bienvenu, Charles, 15 Bundle, CSS, 75, 106, 141 Bienville (packetship), 26 Blair, Montgomery, 34, 101, 103 Blanchard, Francis E., 272 Boggs, Charles S., 221-23, 269 Bond, Richard C., 253 Booth, John C., 29 284 Index Bowie, T. C, 178 Boynton, Charles B, 259 Bradford, Charles M., 13-14 Bradley, John B., 231 Bragg, Braxton, 2, 13-H 18-19,31, 118-20,149 Bragg, Mrs. Braxton, 108 Breckinridge, John C., 9, 132 Breese, K. Randolph, 181, 183, 273 Brooklyn, USS, 37-38, 40-43, 67-68, 126, 130, 135, 152, 177, 206, 246, 256, 26970 ; armament of, 270; casualties of, 275; fight with Manojjcu, 230; gets entangled in chain barrier, 228—29; runs gauntlet, 210, 224-25, 227-31, 234, 241-42 Brown, George W., USN, 272 Brown, Henry, USN, 272 Brown, John, 10—11 Buchanan, James, 17, 34 Bulloch, James D., 26-27 Butler, Benjamin F., 5, 98, 129, 173, 186, 195, 199, 266; at New Orleans, 238, 245, 248, 263, 265; background of, 131-35; participation in capture of forts, 204, 256-57; postwar career, 267; opinion of, at New Orleans, 266; relations with Farragut, 135, 168,200, 248; relationswith McClellan, 131; relations with Porter, 134, 248, 255-57, 266; surrender efforts, 250-51, 255 Butler, Mrs. Benjamin F., 134-35, 187 C.P.Willianu, USS, 181,272 Cable, George W., 243, 248 Caldwell, Charles H. B., 14, 184, 206-207, 269; breaks chain barrier, 201-203; runs gauntlet, 233 Calhoun, CSS, 36-37, 70, 84-85, 93 Callahan, James M., 258 Capers, R. C., 12 Carondelet, CSS, 73, 106, 141 Cayuga, USS, 182, 206, 237-38, 269-70; armament of, 270; casualties of, 275; leads squadron through chain barrier, 218; runs gauntlet, 209-10, 218, 220-23,231,234,241-42 CharLej Hoiuton (River Defense Fleet), 123 Charleston, SC, 21, 28, 29, 34-35 Chase, Salmon P., 40 Christian, Abraham, 273 Clay, Clement C., 261 Clifton, USS, 168, 178, 180-81, 210; armament of, 272 Collins, John, Jr., 182,272 Colorado, USS, 131, 152-54 Committee of Public Safety. See New Orleans Committee on Naval Affairs, 24, 26-27, 36, 261 Confederate Congress, 23-24, 64, 118, 138-39,262-63 Conrad, Charles M., 24, 261 Craven, Thomas T., 126, 127, 130-31, 256, 269; runsgauntlet, 227-31 Crescent City. See New Orleans Crosby, Pierce: breaks chain barrier, 201— 203, 207, 269; runs gauntlet, 233 Dan Smith, USS, 181, 272, 273 Darling, John A., 273 Dart, Henry, 11 Davidson, T. G., 15 Davis, Charles H., 266 Davis, Jefferson, 1,4, 6, 25, 27, 36, 132, 243, 246; appoints Mallory, 24; attempts to coordinate War and Navy departments, 106, 108, 122-23, 139; elected president, 23; ignores Lovell's request for court of inquiry,263—64; involvement with River Defense Fleet, 123, 139; issues letters of marque, 2, 32-33, 35;on New Orleans defenses, 143-44, 171, 263; reaction to...