Bainbridge, Captain William, i. 316; surrenders to the French frigate _Insurgent_, _ib._; Captain of the _Voluntaire_ refuses to accept his sword, _ib._; deceives the French officer, 317; sent to Tripoli in charge of the _Essex_, 335; chases a Tripolitan corsair, 341; loses his ship on a reef, 343; court-martialed, 344; a prisoner in Tripoli, 345; communicates with American fleet, 346; a shot penetrates his prison, 368; remonstrates with the Navy Department of Madison’s administration, ii. 26; cruising in Brazil, 152; fight with the British frigate _Java_, 153–173; wounded, 155; conducts his ship while his wounds are being dressed, 156; paroles 378 of the _Java’s_ crew, 167; blows up the _Java_, 173; his dream realized, 172, 173; his character illustrated, 177; insulted at Barcelona, iii. 311–313. Bainbridge, Midshipman Joseph, his duel with the Secretary of Sir Alexander Ball, iii. 307–311; captures a Carthaginian privateer, iii. 65; attacked and captured by the _Orpheus_ and _Shelburne_, 65, 66. Baker, Captain Thomas H., iv. 89. Baldwin, Lieutenant, i. 66. Ball, Sir Alexander, iii. 307. _Ballard_, American gun-boat, iii. 141. Ballard, Midshipman Edward J., ii. 206. _Baltimore_, American frigate, five men of the, impressed in the British service, 401. Bankhead, Captain J. P., at Port Royal, iv. 163. Banks, General Nathaniel Prentiss, sent on expedition to Shreveport, La., iv. 368. _Banshee_, the first steel blockade-runner, iv. 57. Barbary pirates encouraged by England, i. 307; war with, 333, 334. _Barclay_, British whaler, captured by Porter, iii. 8. Barclay, Captain Robert H., appears off Erie, ii. 289; fond of festivities, 291; misses the American fleet, 292; opposes Perry, 296; superiority of his ships, 298; determines to meet Perry, 302; awaits the American squadron, 306; fires the first gun, 308; surrenders, 324, 326; loses a second arm in the battle, 330. Barnard, Captain Tim, iii. 187; captures nineteen prizes, _ib._ Barney, Captain Joshua, sketch of, i. 209–215; has command of the clipper-schooner _Rossie_, ii. 245; captures by, 246–248; commands a fleet in Chesapeake Bay in 1813, 403; attacked by the British on the Patuxent River, 403–409; Captain Samuel Miller and Colonel Wadsworth sent to his assistance, 409, 410; moves up the Patuxent River, 413; burns his fleet, 414; wounded, 416. Barney, Major William B., acts as aid to his father, ii. 406; in command of cutter _Scorpion_, 408. _Barossa_, British frigate, ii. 395. Barreaut, Captain, chases American ships, i. 316; recalled by Captain St. Laurent, 317–319. Barriers on the Mississippi to prevent Farragut’s advance, iv. 320; broken down by the _Itasca_, 323.