.

Border States,

.

Boston Mountains, Ark.,

;

    engagement,

.

Boteler, A. R., residence burned,

.

Bottom's Bridge, Va.,

.

Bottsford, ——, N lieut., Clark's Hollow, W. Va.,

.

Boulger, Robert E., N pvt. 23d Mich. inf.,

.

Bowers, Theodore S., N col., port.,

.

Bowling Green. Ky.,

,

,

;

    evacuated,

.

Bowne, ——, N lieut., Hawes's Shop, Va.,

.

Boyd, Belle, C spy, port.,

.

Boynton, H. V. N., N b'v't brig.-gen., port.,

.

Bracht, ——, N maj., 18th Ky., Mt. Sterling,

.

Bradford, W. F., N maj., killed, Fort Pillow,

.

Bradley, Amy, hospital services,

,

.

Bradley, ——, N maj., Big Mound, Dak.,

.

Bradyville, Tenn., action,

.

Bragg, Braxton, C gen., Corinth,

;

    port.,

,

;

    succeeds Beauregard,

;

    Perryville,

,

,

;

    Murfreesboro',

,

,

;

    Chickamauga,

;

    Chattanooga,

;

    superseded by Johnston,

,

,

;

    anecdote,

;

    retreat through Tenn., anecdote,

.

Branch, L. O'Brien, C brig.-gen., at Newbern,

;

    killed, Antietam,

.

Brandy Station, Va., battle,

.

Brannan, John M., N b'v't maj.-gen.,

,

;

    Chickamauga,

.

Breckenridge, ——, C maj., Kelly's Ford, Va.,

.

——, Margaret E., Mrs., port.,

,

.

Breckinridge, John C., C maj.-gen.,

;

    Presidential candidate,

;

    Murfreesboro',

;

    port.,

;

    Baton Rouge,

,

;

    Newmarket, Va.,

;

    sec'y of war,

;

    Bull's Gap, Tenn.,

.

——, Rev. Robert J.,

.

Breese, S. L., N naval comr., port.,

.

Breshwood, ——, N capt.,

.

Bridgeport, Ala.,

,

.

Bright, John,

.

Bristoe Station, Va., destroyed by Jackson,

;

    engagement,

,

.

Bristol, Tenn., action,

.

Britton's Lane, Tenn., action,

.

Brockway, ——, N lieut., Gettysburg,

.

Brooke, John R., N b'v't brig.-gen., Gettysburg,

;

    Cold Harbor,

.

Brooklyn, N cruiser, New Orleans,

;

    Mobile Bay,

.

Brooks, E. P., N lieut., recaptured,

.

——, ——, N lieut., Hawes's Shop, Va.,

.

Brough, John, gov. of Ohio, port.,

,

.

Brown, B. Gratz,

.

——, Egbert B., N brig.-gen., Springfield, Mo.,

.

——, John, invasion of Va.,

,

;

    ill., "Last moments,"

;

    port.,

.

——, Joseph E., gov. of Ga., port.,

;

    at odds with Davis,

,

.

——, Theodore F., N b'v't maj., Bristoe Sta., Va.,

.

——, ——, N lieut., Kelly's Ford, Va.,

.

——, Wilson, Andrews's raid,

.

Browne, Junius Henri, N correspondent, adventures,

.

——, William M., C col., port.,

.

Brownell, Francis E., N,

.

——, Henry Howard, "Bay Fight,"

,

.

——, Mrs. Kady, N pvt., 5th R. I. inf.,

.

Brownlow, Rev. William G.,

;

    imprisoned,

.

Brown's Ferry (Chattanooga),

.

Bruinsburg, Miss.,

,

,

.

Brunswick Batteries,

.

Brush Knob, Tenn.,

.

Buchanan, Franklin, C adm. in command of "Merrimac,"

,

;

    port.,

;

    Mobile Bay,

,

.

——, James, President of the U. S.,

,

,

,

;

    attitude toward slavery,

.

——, T. McKean, N comr., killed, Bayou Teche,

.

Buchanan, Va., devastated by Hunter,

.

Buckingham, C. P., N brig.-gen., port.,

.

——, William A., gov. of Conn., port.,