.'s friendship with, 7, 8
Boonville, Mo., S. joins Gen. Lyon at, 35; battle of, 37
Border Guards, in Missouri, 78
Boston Mountains, military operations in the, 61
Boynton, Brig.-Gen. H. V., supports S. in the Thomas dispute, 297
Breckinridge, Maj.-Gen. John C., in the Sherman-Johnston negotiations, 351,352
Brentwood, Tenn., request for ammunition to be sent to, 187; proposal to send Smith to, 221, 223-225; S. proposes to stand at, 223-225; proposal to send Steedman to, 225; S.'praise for his services, 183
Stevenson, Ala., necessity for railroad guards near, 197; as base of supplies for
Sherman, 304; Fourth Corps ordered to, 317
Stickney, Ben, sports at Hat Island, 428
Stoneman, Maj.-Gen., George, defeats Breckinridge, 254; campaign in southwest Virginia, 254
Strawberry Plains, Tenn., Longstreet advances to, 114; occupied by S., 115 Stuart, Lieut.-Gen. James E. B., S.'s acquaintance with, at West Point, 154; Sheridan's defeat of, before Richmond, 154