;

    order concerning prisoners,

.

Bennett, James Gordon, cartoon,

.

——, ——, police officer, New York draft riots,

.

Benning, Henry L., C brig.-gen., Wilderness,

.

Benton, William P., N b'v't maj.-gen., port.,

.

Bentonville, N. C., battle,

.

Berdan, Hiram, N b'v't maj.-gen., Manassas Gap, Va.,

;

    port.,

.

Bermuda Hundred, Va., occupied by Butler,

.

Berry, Hiram G., N maj.-gen., killed, Chancellorsville,

,

;

    port.,

.

——, ——, N capt.,

.

Berryville, Va.,

,

.

Bethesda Church, Va., action,

.

Bickerdyke, Mary A., Mrs.,

;

    port.,

.

Bidwell, Daniel D., N brig.-gen., killed, Cedar Creek, Va.,

.

Bienville, N gunboat,

.

Big Bethel, Va.,

;

    battle of,

;

    ill.,

.

Big Black River, Miss., engagement,

;

    ill.,

.

Big Creek Gap, Tenn., action,

.

Big Hill, Ky., battle,

.

Big Mound, Dak., engagement,

.

Big Sandy, Ga., Andrews's raid,

.

Big Sandy River, Ky.,

.

Billings, ——, N paymaster, recaptured,

.

Birge, Henry W., N b'v't maj.-gen., Irish Bend, La.,

.

Birkenhead, Eng., "Alabama" built,

.

Birney, David B., N maj.-gen., Chantilly,

;

    Fredericksburg,

;

    Gettysburg,

;

    port.,

;

    Robertson's Tavern, Va.,

;

    Spottsylvania,

;

    advance on Petersburg,

;

    port.,

.

——, James G., port.,

.

Bissell, Josiah W., N col., Island No. 10,

.

Black Chapter, The,

.

"Black Flag, The," Paul Hamilton Hayne,

.

Black flag displayed,

.

Black Walnut Creek, Mo.,

.

Blackburn's Ford (Bull Run),

,

;

    ill.,

.

Blackman, Albert M., N b'v't brig.-gen., port.,

.

Blackwood's Magazine, England,

.

Blair, Austin, gov. of Mich., port.,

.

——, Francis P., Jr., N maj.-gen.,

,

;

    Vicksburg campaign,

;

    Atlanta campaign,

,

;

    (sketch),

;

    port.,

.

——, Montgomery, N Postmaster-gen., port.,

;

    criticised by Gurowski,

,

.

——, ——, Rev., murdered,

.

Blake, Henry N., N capt.,

;

    Chancellorsville,

;

    quoted,

.

Blakeslee, ——, N lieut., quoted,

.

Blenheim, battle of,

.

Blenker, Louis, N brig.-gen.,

;

    port.,

;

    at Bull Run,

,

.

Blockade of Southern ports,

.

Bloodgood, Abraham,

.

Bloody Lane, Antietam,

.

Blooming Gap, W. Va., battle,

.

Blount's Farm, Ala., engagement,

.

Blountsville, Tenn., action,

.

Blue's Gap, W. Va., action,

.

Blunt, G. W.,

.

——, James G., N maj.-gen., Old Fort Wayne, Ark.,

,

;

    Cane Hill, Ark.,

,

;

    Prairie Grove, Ark.,

;

    Fort Smith, Ark.,

.

Boggs, Charles S., N rear-adm., at N. O., port.,

.

Bohlen, Henry, N brig.-gen., port.,

.

Bolivar, Mo.,

.

——, Tenn.,

;

    skirmish,

,

.

—— Heights, Va.,

;

    engagement,

.

Bolton, Miss.,

.

Bond, F. S., N maj., Chickamauga,

.

Bonham, Milledge L., C brig.-gen.,

;

    at Bull Run,

.

"Bonnie Blue Flag, The," Harry McCarthy,

,

.

Boomer, George B., N col., Iuka,

.

Booneville, Mo., action,

,

.

Boonsborough, Md.,

;

    battle,

.

Booth, John Wilkes, port.,

;

    reward offered for arrest,

;

    captured,

.

——, Lionel F., N maj., killed, Fort Pillow,