destruction of, by Sherman, 317, 318, 333; Sherman's movement to, 332, 333, 337, 338
Austria, attitude in the Mexican affair, 385
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Bank of South Carolina, effect of brass on the cashier, 17
Baring Bros., 384
Bartlett, Miss, Harriet, married to S., 29
Bartlett, Prof. W. H. C., 26, 29, 74
Bates, Edward, U. S. Attorney-General, letter to S., Sept. 29, 1863, 93
Bayonet, the, superseded by the rifle, 145, 146
Bazaine, Marshal Francois A., occupation of Mexico, 391
Bean's Ferry, see Beard's Ferry.
Beard's Ferry, Tenn., proposal to obstruct roads at, 211
Beatty, Maj.-Gen., Samuel, in battle of Nashville, 263
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre G. T., possible movements by, 199, 311, 321, 322; Thomas's ability to defeat, 288; proposal that Thomas take the offensive against, 311, 312; westward movement, 321; proposed inveiglement of, across the Tennessee, 322
Benham, Capt., reports condition of Gen. Blunt's district, 93
Benicia, the, S. returns from Hawaii on, 4