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. Barron, Captain James, sent to Tripoli in charge of the _President_, i. 335; with Stephen Decatur, iii. 318–322; restored to active service, 323. Barron, Captain Samuel, sent to Tripoli in charge of the _Philadelphia_, i. 335. Barron, Flag Officer Samuel, captured at Fort Hatteras, iv. 106. Barry, Captain John, i. 39; commands American brig _Lexington_, 63; cruises off Virginia capes, 64; encounters British tender _Edward_, 64; sinks the _Effingham_, 188; captures and destroys the schooner _Alert_, 189, 190; appointed to the _Raleigh_, _ib._; chases the Unicorn, 191; loses the _Raleigh_, 194. Bashaw of Tripoli, treachery of, i. 335, 336; refuses to make a treaty, 340; agrees to give up prisoners, 378. Bassett, Lieutenant F. S., opinion of Commodore Hopkins, i. 61. Batteaux, travelling in, ii. 263. Battle of Bunker Hill, i. 26; Champlain, 92–111; of Fort Pillow, iv. 298; of Grand Gulf, 367; of Lake Erie, ii. 309–325; of Lexington, i. 14; of Memphis, iv. 298–307; of New Orleans (in the Civil War), 326–340; of Pittsburg Landing, 284. Baton Rouge surrenders to Captain Craven of the _Brooklyn_, iv. 340. _Baudara de Sangare_, a private vessel, captured by the _Shark_, iii. 332. Baury, Lieutenant Frederick, iii. 81. Bay Point. See _Fort Beauregard_. Bazely, Lieutenant John, captures the _Lexington_, i. 119, 120. _Beagle_, American ship, captures Cape Cruz, iii. 334. _Beaufort_, Confederate gun-boat, takes crew off the _Congress_ after she surrenders to the _Merrimac_, iv. 208. _Beauregard_, Confederate ram, attacks the _Queen of the West_ at Fort Pillow, iv. 301; rammed and sunk by the _Monarch_, 302.