Bermudas a basis for contraband trade during the Civil War, iv. 48. _Betsey_, British bark, captured by Captain Alexander, i. 66. Biddle, Captain Nicholas, i. 64; commands the _Randolph_, 160; attacks the _Yarmouth_, 162. Biddle, James, Lieutenant on the _Wasp_ (No. 2), ii. 111; leads the boarders, _ib._; hauls down the flag of the _Frolic_, 112; appointed to command the _Hornet_, iii. 272; commands the _Macedonian_, 331; sent to the Pacific Coast, 401; sent to Japan to negotiate a treaty of peace, 440. _Bienville_, Federal ship, in Port Royal squadron, iv. 172. _Black Hawk_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 369. _Black Prince_, purchased by Naval Committee, i. 39. Black Rock, near Buffalo, Lieutenant Elliott establishes a navy yard at, ii. 273. _Black Snake_, British gun-boat, iii. 126. Blake, Captain H. C., iv. 432. Blakely, Master-commandant Johnston, ii. 375; fights with the _Reindeer_ and the _Avon_, iii. 85–96; captures the _Atalanta_, 100; lost with his ship, 103. Blockade-runner, legal status of, iv. 57, 58. Blockade-runners, chiefly in the hands of the British, iv. 48; reckless loading of, 61; profits of, 63, 64. Blockading the Southern ports, iv. 28–30; no force available to blockade at the beginning of the war, 32; lack of ships and men, 34; Congress slow to appreciate the need of a navy, 35. “Blood is thicker than water,” iii. 381, 382. Blythe, Captain Samuel, attacks the _Enterprise_, ii. 375; killed, 379; buried at Portland, 385. Board of Admiralty, i. 158. Boggs, Commander Charles S., iv. 314. _Bolton_, American bomb-brig, i. 56. _Bonhomme Richard_, American ship, i. 227; origin of the name, 228; fitted out by Jones, 229; mixed crew of, 230; Richard Dale as master’s mate on, _ib._; the _Alliance_ runs foul of, 234; accident to, 235; meets the _Serapis_, 243; fight with the _Serapis_, 245–259; comparative strength of the two ships, 265; after the surrender, 269–272; sinking of the ship, 272. _Bonita_, American schooner, in attack on Alvarado, iii. 410. _Bonne Citoyenne_, British war-ship, blockaded in the harbor of Bahia, ii. 179; cowardice of Captain Greene, 180. _Borer_, American gun-boat, iii. 141. _Boston_, American frigate, i. 286, 287. _Boston_, American ship, fights the _Berceau_, Captain Senez, i. 328, 329. Boston Port Bill, i. 13. Boston, tea destroyed in harbor of, i. 13; press-gang riots in, 395. _Boston_, United States cruiser, iv. 533. Boutelle, Mr., of the Federal Coast Survey, replaces the buoys at Port Royal, iv. 171. Bowling Green, Kentucky, Confederate position at, untenable after surrender of Fort Henry, iv. 266. _Boxer_, British brig, attacks the _Enterprise_, ii. 375; surrenders, 379; crew of, 382; decision of the British court on the loss of the, 384.