_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. _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.