Berrien, John M., Attorney-General, 58. Biddle, Nicholas, president of Second National Bank, 67, 70; and Jackson, 77; policy for Bank, 78; control of politicians and newspapers, 78; fighting Jackson and people, 79; defeated, 82; policy changed, 83, 112. Birney, James G., anti-slavery worker, 119, 161. Black Hawk, 87. Black Warrior, trouble with Spain, 234. Blair, Frank P., 58. Blair, Montgomery, 324. Bonds, United States, 291, 293; Confederate in Europe, 293. Border States, Republican party, 302. Boston, financial center, 45, 46, 48; shipping and Hayne, 48; Transcendental Club, 52; philosophy and religious reform, 52, 84, 129; alliance with South, 162, 193, 202, 205; clergy and slavery, 222. Bragg, General Braxton, in battle of Shiloh, 294; in Kentucky, 295, 300; battle of Murfreesboro, 295; withdraws to Chattanooga, 295, 303; reinforced, 307; beats Rosecrans, 307; character, 307. Branch, John, Secretary of the Navy, 58. Breckinridge, John C., for Vice-President, 245; for President, 261. Breese, Sidney, friend of Calhoun, 120. Brinkerhoff, Jacob, and Wilmot Proviso, 169. Brooks, Preston, assault on Sumner, 245. Brown, John, in Kansas, 249; raid into Virginia, 258; capture and execution, 259. Brown, Governor, Joseph E., of Georgia, distrusted by Confederates, 309; opposed to Davis, 312, 324. Bryant, William Cullen, and New York _Evening Post_, 53; against Lincoln, 320. Buchanan, James, Secretary of State, 148; and Oregon, 149; for all Mexico, 157; Minister to England, 234; Ostend Manifesto, 235; Democratic nominee for President, 245; elected, 246; slights Douglas, 247; Mexico and Cuba, 247; Kansas question, 249; Lecompton Constitution, 253; Douglas opposes, 253; opposes Douglas, 256, 265, 268; and secession, 270. Buell, Don C., at Louisville, 284; in battle of Shiloh, 294; across Tennessee, 294; opening the Mississippi, 294. Buena Vista, battle of, 155. Bull Run, first battle of, 285; second battle of, 300. Burnside, Ambrose E., given command of the Army of the Potomac, 303; loses at Fredericksburg, 303; resignation, 303. Business, prosperous in North during Civil War, 292. Butler, General B. F., 318, 326. Butler, Pierce, abused by Sumner, 245.