Blockade, law of, ii. 382, 385; preferred by Bathurst to municipal regulations, iv. 95; Napoleon’s definition of, v. 149, 227, 250; Pinkney’s definition of, 287; vi. 10; Napoleon abandons for municipal regulations, v. 402; alleged by Madison as the third _casus belli_, vi. 222; offered by American Ghent commissioners for discussion, ix. 12, 18; omitted from treaty, 33, 52. Blockades, British, of Martinique and Guadeloupe, in 1803, ii. 381. ---- (Fox’s) of the French and German coasts, May 16, 1806, iii. 398; Pinkney inquires whether still in force, v. 277–279; Wellesley’s conduct regarding, 279; express withdrawal of, required by Madison, 318, 383; withdrawal of, demanded by Pinkney, vi. 4, 5, 17; British reply to demand of withdrawal of, 6, 9, 15, 23; becomes the only apparent _casus belli_, 221. ---- of Venice, July 27, 1806, v. 279. ---- of all ports and places under the government of France, April 26, 1809, v. 63, 64, 103, 277; repeal of, demanded by Pinkney, vi. 3, 8; offered by Wellesley on condition that the French decrees should be effectually withdrawn, 9; repeal refused by Wellesley, 14; repeal again asked by Pinkney and refused by Wellesley, 17, 18. (See Order in Council of April 26, 1809.) ---- of the ports and harbors of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River, Dec 26, 1812, vii. 30, 33; viii. 234; raised, ix. 62. ---- of New York, Charleston, Port Royal, Savannah, and the River Mississippi, May 26, 1813, vii. 262; effects of, 263–265, 334; viii. 214; raised, ix. 62. ---- of New London and Long Island Sound, vii. 262, 278; raised, ix. 62. ---- of the coast of New England, April 25, 1814, viii. 3; ix. 36; raised, 62. Blockades, French, of Great Britain, Nov. 21, 1806. (See Decree of Berlin.) Blockades, _quasi_, of New York, in 1803–4, ii. 396; in 1805, iii. 91–93; in 1807, iv. 143, 144; in 1811, vi. 25, 118, 222. Blockades of Great Britain by American cruisers in 1813–1814, vii. 332, 333; in 1814, viii. 195–201. Bloomfield, Joseph, brigadier-general, vi. 291; at Plattsburg, 359, 360. Blount, Willie, governor of Tennessee, orders out two thousand militia for service in Florida, vii. 206; advises Jackson to withdraw from the Creek country, 240; orders out four thousand militia, 251; required to provide for defence of New Orleans, viii. 320, 326, 327. Blue, Uriah, major of Thirty-ninth U. S. Infantry, commands expedition to the Appalachicola, viii. 330, 333. Blyth, Samuel, commander of British sloop-of-war “Boxer,” his death and burial, vii. 282, 283. Boerstler, C. G., colonel of Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, vii. 162; his surrender at Beaver Dam, 163.