=Banks=, N. P., in West Virginia, 297; at Cedar Mountain, 300; captures Port Hudson, 304; Red River expedition of, 310. =Barclay=, Commodore, on Lake Erie, 229. =Battle= of Antietam, 301; Atlanta, 312; Ball's Bluff, 291; Bemis's Heights, 174; Bennington, 173; Brandywine, 175; Brier Creek, 185; Buena Vista, 264; Bull Run, 289, 300; Bunker Hill, 159; Cerro Gordo, 264; Champion Hills, 303; Chancellorsville, 307; Chapultepec, 267; Chickamauga, 304; Chippewa, 235; Chrysler's Field, 232; Churubusco, 266; City of Mexico, 265; Cold Harbor, 316; Corinth, 297; Cowpens, 193; Eutaw Springs, 195; Fair Oaks, 299; Five Oaks, 319; Fort Edward, 142; Fort Meigs, 228; Fort Stephenson, 229; Fredericksburg, 301; Frenchtown, 228; Germantown, 176; Gettysburg, 308; Guilford Courthouse, 194; Kenesaw Mountain, 311; King's Mountain, 189; Lake Erie, 229; Long Island, 166; Lookout Mountain, 305; Lundy's Lane, 235; Malvern Hill, 299; Missionary Ridge, 305; Monmouth, 180; Monterey, 263; Murfreesborough, 297; Nashville, 312; New Orleans, 241; Palo Alto, 262; Plains of Abraham, 145; Plattsburgh, 237; Princeton, 171; Queenstown, 226; Resaca de la Palma, 262; Sag Harbor, 171; Sander's Creek, 188; San Gabriel, 264; Saratoga, 174; Savannah, 183; Shiloh, 293; Spottsylvania Courthouse, 316; Talladega, 231; Thames, 230; Tippecanoe, 223; Trenton, 169; Vera Cruz, 264; Vicksburg, 303; White Plains, 168; Wilson's Creek, 290; Yorktown, 196. =Beecher=, Henry Ward, death of, 357. =Bell=, A. Graham, inventor of telephone, 357. =Bellomont=, Earl of, governor of New York, 103. =Bemis's= Heights, battle of, 174. =Bennington=, battle of, 264. =Berkeley=, Sir William, governor of Virginia, 71; elected by burgesses, 72; rebellion against, 74; oppression by, 75; grant of New Jersey to, 115; sells interest, 116. =Beverley=, Robert, royalist captain, 74. =Black= Hawk War, the, 251. =Blaine=, James G., Secretary of State under Garfield, 345; nominated for President, 349; Secretary of State under Harrison, 362. =Block=, Adrian, explorations by, 55. =Body= of Liberties, 82. =Boone=, Daniel, colonizes Kentucky, 208. =Booth=, John Wilkes, assassinates Lincoln, 321; death of, 321. =Boston=, founded, 79; occupied by British, 154; massacre at, 154; tea party, 155; Port Bill, 156; siege of, 159-164; fire in, 331. =Braddock=, Edward, arrives in America, 139; defeat and death of, 140. =Bradford=, John, landing of, 51. =Bradford=, William, governor of Massachusetts, 77. =Bragg=, Braxton, at Murfreesborough, 297; at Chickamauga, 304; at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, 305.