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 Index. 603 Gunpowder (Continued): Appropriation for purchase of, rec- ommended, 58. Manufacture of, discussed, 199. H Habeas Corpus: Judges threatened for maintaining, discussed, 140. Suspension of writ of — and orders regarding, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226. Continuance of, recommended, 452- Copies of orders for, transmitted and discussed, 259. Criminal jurisdiction of ordinary courts not interfered with by, 260. Power of Executive regarding, discussed, 122. Recommended, 395, 498, 548. Habeas Corpus, Suspension of. During- the war the writ of habeas cor- pus was suspended in the United States many times by order of the President. Congress gave him this power by special acts. Many arrests were made of persons charged with disloyal practices and other offenses, and in some places great ex- citement was caused by these arrests. The Supreme Court of the United States in 1S66 held that the privilege of this writ could not be suspended in the case of a civilian in districts where the action of the civil courts was not interrupted. Halleck, Henry W., mentioned, 269, 270. Halyburton, J. D., mentioned, 183. Hampton Roads, Va., Battle of. A famous naval battle in Hampton Roads, which is the channel connecting the estuary of James River with Chesa- peake Bay, just south of and near to Fortress Monroe, Va., Mch. S, 9, 1S62. On Mch. S, the Confederate ironclad, the Merrimac, commanded by Commodore Franklin Buchanan, came down the Eliz- abeth River, and attacked the vessels of the United States which were blockading the mouths of the James and Elizabeth Rivers. She destroyed the Union frigate, Cumberland, and burned the Congress. On the next day, she was engaged for about 4 hours in a severe fight with the United States ironclad Monitor. When the Cumberland went down, over 100 lost their lives, and in the case of the Congress, only 21S survived in a crew of 434 men. Commodore Buchanan, becom- ing disabled, turned the command over to Lieut. Catesby Jones. In his report of the battle, Lieut. Jones, among other things, says: "We also engaged the Monitor, and sometimes at very close quarters. We once succeeded in running into her, and twice silenced her fire." In concluding his report, he says: "The pilots declaring that we could get no nearer the Minneso- ta, and believing her to be entirely disa- bled, and the Monitor having run into shoal water, which prevented our doing her any further injury, we ceased firing at 12 o'clock and proceeded to Norfolk. Our loss is 2 killed and 19 wounded." Discussed, and reports of, trans- mitted, 197, 210. Hampton Roads Conference. (See also Peace Negotiations.) Discussed, 519, 549. Message and correspondence of President Lincoln, 521. Report of commissioners, 520. Hanover Court House, Va., Battle of. A battle near Hanover Court House, Hanover County, Va., about 17 miles to the north of Richmond, May 27, 1862. The Federals were commanded by Gen. Fitz-John Porter; the Confederates, by Gen. Branch. The latter were defeated with loss of 200 killed, and 700 prisoners. Federal loss, about 400. Hardee, William J., report of, on bat- tle of Shiloh, Tenn., transmitted, 3°9- Hardy's Bluff, Va., defenses of, re- ferred to, 202. Harpers Ferry, Va., report regarding machinery removed from, trans- mitted, 125. Harpers Ferry, Va., Battle of. A battle at Harpers Ferry, Va. (now West Virginia), about 45 miles northwest of Washington City, Sept. 15, 1S62. The Federals were commanded by Col. Dixon S. Miles; the Confederates, by Gen. T.J. Jackson. Col. Miles was mortally wound- ed, and surrendered 11,583 men, 73 guns, and many small arms. Federals killed