e, General, 185
Bell, adherents of, 8
Benham, Captain, 152
Beverly, 142, 146, 151
Black, Secretary, 26, 38
Blackburn's Ford, 176, note; engagement at, 178
Blair, Francis P., 109
Blair, Frank P., Jr., 116 et seq., 122
Blair, Montgomery, 122
Blair's Home Guards, 118
Blenker, General L, 174
Boonville, battle of, 123
Border Slave States, 80
Breckinridge, John C., Southern electoral votes cast for, 4, 8
Breckinridge party, character of, 8
Brown, JohnBlair's Home Guards, 118
Blenker, General L, 174
Boonville, battle of, 123
Border Slave States, 80
Breckinridge, John C., Southern electoral votes cast for, 4, 8
Breckinridge party, character of, 8
Brown, John, 158
Brown, Governor, of Georgia, 12
Brown, Mayor, of Baltimore, 86, 89 et seq.
Buchanan, James, President, character of, 17 et seq., Southern sympathy of, 18; his message to Congress, 19, 23 et seq.; interview with the South Carolina Commissioners, 28, 30, 31; correspondence with the Washington Cabal, 37; justifies the revolution of the South, 69; his Union sentiment as expresident, 76
Buckhannon, 147
Buckner, Simon B., 130, 132, 135
Bull Run, 133; position and course of, 1