=Bell, John=, member of Congress, Secretary of War,
  United States senator, nominated for President, 1860, 143;
  vote for, 160

=Benjamin, Judah P.=, United States senator,
  Confederate Secretary of State, suggestions about instructions
  to peace commissioners, 482;
  last instructions to Slidell, 501, 502

=Berry, William F.=, partner of Lincoln in a store, 35;
  death of, 36

=Big Bethel=, Virginia, disaster at, 214

=Blackburn’s Ford=, Virginia, engagement at, July 18, 1861, 226

=Black Hawk=, chief of the Sac Indians,
  crosses Mississippi into Illinois, 32

=Black, Jeremiah S.=, Attorney-General, Secretary of State,
  war of pamphlets with Douglas, 134

=Blair, Francis P.=, Sr., quarrel with Fremont, 236, 487;
  asks permission to go South, 478;
  interviews with Jefferson Davis, 479-482;
  his Mexican project, 479

=Blair, Francis P.=, Jr., member of Congress major-general
  United States Volunteers quarrel with Fremont, 236, 487, 488

=Blair, Montgomery=, Postmaster-General,
  appointed Postmaster-General, 182;
  quarrel with Fremont, 236, 487, 488;
  at cabinet meeting, July 22, 1862, 331, 332;
  objects to time for issuing emancipation proclamation, 340;
  resolution in Republican platform aimed at, 446, 487;
  relations with members of the cabinet, 488;
  remarks after Early’s raid, 488;
  retires from cabinet, 489;
  works for Lincoln’s reelection, 489, 490;
  wishes to be chief justice, 490;
  declines foreign mission, 490

=Bogue, Captain Vincent=, navigates Sangamon River in
  steamer Talisman, 27, 28

=Boonville=, Missouri, battle of, June 17, 1861, 214

=Booth, John Wilkes=, personal description of, 534, 535;
  scheme to abduct Lincoln, 535;
  creates disturbance at Lincoln’s second inauguration, 535;
  assigns parts in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 535, 536;
  final preparations, 536, 537;
  shoots the President, 538;
  wounds Major Rathbone 538;
  escape of, 539;
  flight and capture of, 542, 543;
  death of, 543;
  account at Montreal Bank, 544

=Bragg, Braxton=, Confederate general,
  forces Buell back to Louisville, 275, 276;
  threatens Louisville, 379;
  battle of Perryville, 379;
  battle of Murfreesboro, 380;
  retreat to Chattanooga, 385;
  Chattanooga and Chickamauga, 386-392;
  retreats to Dalton, 392;
  superseded by Johnston, 395;
  his invasion delays reconstruction in Tennessee, 428

=Breckinridge, John C.=, Vice-President, Confederate major-general,
  and Secretary of War, nominated for Vice-President, 1856, 104;
  desires Douglas’s reelection to United States Senate, 126;
  nominated for President, 1860, 143;
  vote for, 160;
  joins the rebellion, 217;
  required by Davis to report on Johnston-Sherman agreement, 523