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

=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,