=Breckinridge, Robert J.=, D.D., LL.D.,
  temporary chairman Republican national convention, 1864, 446

=Brown, Albert G.=, member of Congress, United States senator,
  questions Douglas, 129;
  demands congressional slave code, 141

=Brown, John=, raid at Harper’s Ferry, trial and execution of, 134

=Brown, Joseph E.=, governor of Georgia, United States senator,
  refuses to obey orders from Richmond, 481

=Browning, Orville H.=, United States senator, Secretary of the Interior
  under President Johnson, at Springfield, Illinois, 52;
  speech in Chicago convention, 151

=Browning, Mrs. O.H.=, Lincoln’s letter to, 58, 59

=Bryant, William Cullen=, presides over Cooper Institute meeting, 138

=Buchanan, Franklin=, captain United States navy, admiral Confederate
  navy, resigns from Washington navy-yard and joins the Confederacy, 196

=Buchanan, James=, fifteenth President of the United States,
  nominated for President, 1856, 104;
  elected President, 105, 108;
  announces pro-slavery policy, 114;
  appoints Walker governor of Kansas, 114;
  reply to Walker’s letter, 115;
  special message recommending Lecompton Constitution, 115;
  permits Scott to be called to Washington, 172;
  non-action regarding secession, 176, 177;
  reconstruction of his cabinet, 178;
  rides with Lincoln in inauguration procession, 180;
  non-coercion doctrine of, 210;
  signs resolution for constitutional amendment, 476

=Buckner, Simon B.=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
  stationed at Bowling Green, 254;
  force of, 263;
  surrenders Fort Donelson, 267, 268

=Buell, Don Carlos=, major-general United States Volunteers,
  succeeds Sherman in Kentucky, 255;
  driven back to Louisville, 1862, 258;
  instructions about East Tennessee, 258, 259;
  reluctance to move into East Tennessee, 260;
  reluctance to cooeperate with Halleck, 263, 264, 269;
  ordered forward to Savannah, 271;
  arrives at Pittsburg Landing, 273;
  retreats to Louisville, 275, 276;
  battle of Perryville, 379;
  relieved from command, 380

=Bull Run=, Virginia, battle of, July 21, 1861, 226-229;
  second battle of, August 30, 1862, 310, 311

=Burnside, Ambrose E.=, major-general United States Volunteers,
  holds Knoxville 1863, 258;
  commands force in Roanoke Island expedition, 277, 278;
  ordered to reinforce McClellan, 307;
  orders arrest of Vallandigham, 358;
  appointed to command Army of the Potomac, 363;
  previous services, 363, 364;
  battle of Fredericksburg, 364, 365;
  relieved from command, 366;
  ordered to reinforce Rosecrans, 388;
  besieged at Knoxville, 391;
  repulses Longstreet, 391