_Bragg_, Confederate ship, captured at Fort Pillow, iv. 302. Breckenridge, General, attacks the Federal forces at Baton Rouge, iv. 344. Breese, Lieutenant-commander K. R., iv. 369. Breeze, Chaplain, on the _Lawrence_ in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 317. British Government, attitude of the, toward African pirates, iii. 340. British grab at the Valley of the Mississippi, iii. 229, 230. British merchants and the American war, i. 112. British Navy in American waters, i. 195. British waters, rights of belligerents in, iv. 411. Brock, Sir Isaac, his view of the English possession of America, ii. 279. _Broke_, British gun-boat, iii. 143. Broke, Captain Philip Vere, Commodore British squadron, ii. 55; challenges Lawrence of the _Chesapeake_ to fight, “ship to ship,” ii. 203, 204; boards the _Chesapeake_, 214; is wounded, 217; becomes delirious, 221, 225; made a baronet, 226; death of, 229. Brooke, Lieutenant John M., assigned to assist in designing an ironclad, iv. 184. _Brooklyn_, screw sloop, iv. 314. _Brooklyn_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 386. Brown, Lieutenant George, iv. 389. Brown, Captain Isaac N., iv. 342; skirmish with the Federal fleet in the Yazoo River, _ib._; attacks Farragut’s squadron, 344; supports Breckenridge at Baton Rouge, _ib._ Brown, Lieutenant James, ii. 217. Browne, Lieutenant G. W., iv. 370. Brownson, Captain Willard H., at Rio Janeiro, iv. 548; on the coast of Mexico, 553. Bruinsburg, Federal army crosses from, to Grand Gulf, iv. 364. Bryant, Captain N. C., before Fort Pillow, iv. 290. Buchanan, Flag Officer Franklin, iv. 188; his difficulty in finding a crew, 195; wounded, 210; his report of the fight, _ib._; Confederate fleet of, at Mobile, 380; sends the _Tennessee_ into action, 399; wounded, 402. Budd, Lieutenant George, ii. 206, 218. Bullock, Commander James D., supervises construction of the _Alabama_, iv. 430. Bunker Hill, battle of, i. 26. _Bunker Hill_, American privateer, ii. 394. Burleton, Admiral Sir George, chases the _Hornet_, iii. 282. Burnside, General A. E., sent to capture Roanoke Island, iv. 109. _Burrows_, American gun-boat, iii. 141. Burrows, Lieutenant William, appointed to command the _Enterprise_, ii. 375; encounters the _Boxer_, 375–377; is mortally wounded, 377; receives the surrender of the _Boxer_, 379. Bushnell, David, invents first American submarine torpedo boat, i. 164; sketch of his life, 180–184. Butler, General Benjamin F., sent to attack the forts on Hatteras Islands, iv. 100; his report at, 107; occupies New Orleans, 338, 339; his plan for blowing up Fort Fisher, 508–510. _Byron_, Captain of, chased by the _President_, ii. 29–32.