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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



43,44; seen in England, 44; do. Paris, 44; do. Eome, 



44 ; do. Peru, 45 ; asteroids, 45 ; meteors, 45. 

 Athens, Mo., its situation, 45 ; skirmish at, 46. 

 ATKINSON, THOS. W., birth, 46 ; pursuits, 46 ; writings, 46. 

 Austria, its boundaries, 46; its divisions, 46 ; prospects of 



war, 46 ; imperial finances, 46 ; decrees, 47 ; amnesty, 



47 ; action relative to Italy, 47. 



BAKER, EDWARD D., birth, 48; struggle in life, 48; his 

 career, 48 ; speech at Union Park, New York, 48 ; 

 death, 48 ; Senator Thirty-sixth Congress, 166 ; on the 

 attempt to prove that this Government is no govern- 

 ment at all, 186 ; on the Peace Conference propositions, 

 221 ; on the acts of President Lincoln, 228. 



BalFs Bluff, its situation, 49; instructions of McClellan, 49 ; 

 details of the battle at, 49-54. 



Baltimore, its situation, 55; public meeting, 55; resolu- 

 tions, 55; railroad lines, 55; attack on the Massachu- 

 setts troops, 55, 56 ; excitement, 57 ; action of the police, 

 57 ; military occupation of, 58 ; proclamation of General 

 Butler, 58; seizure of arms, 58; arrest of Marshal Kane, 

 58 ; Provost-Marshal appointed, 58 ; General Banks 1 

 proclamation, 58 ; protest of Police Commissioners, 59 ; 

 arrest of commissioners, 59 ; reasons, 59. 



Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, its location, 60; destruction 

 of its property, 60. 



BANKS, Gen. N. P., proclaims martial law at Baltimore, 440 ; 

 biographical notice of, 722. 



Banks in the, United States, change in the banking system, 

 60; free bank law in several States, 60; number of 

 banks, 61 ; circulation, &c., 61 ; details of all the banks, 

 62; weekly return of the New York banks, 63; do. 

 Boston, 64; do. Philadelphia, 65; the clearing-house 

 system, 66; magnitude of free banking, 66; suspension 

 of specie payments, 67 ; action of the several States rela- 

 tive to banks, 67.. 



Barboursville, its situation, 68; skirmish at, 68. 



BAKNABD, JOHN G., biographical notice of, 724. 



BABKON, Com. 8., surrenders the forts at Hatteras Inlet, 288. 



BAKTOW, Col., killed at Bull Run, 84. 



BATTB, FERDINAND C., his birth, 68; education, 68; views, 

 68. 



BAYABD, JAMES A., member of the Senate, 225 ; on the ex- 

 pulsion of certain Senators, 234 ; on the credentials of 

 the Senators from Western Virginia, 235. 



BEALE, CIIAS. L., member of Congress, 166 ; opposed to all 

 compromises, 213 ; reasons, 213 ; let the just laws be en- 

 forced everywhere throughout the land, 214 



Bealington,, its situation, 69 ; skirmish at, 69. 



BEAUBEGARD, Gen. G. T.,* his despatch to Secretary Walk- 

 er that President Lincoln had determined to send pro- 

 visions to Fort Sumter, 132; further correspondence, 

 132 ; demands evacuation of Fort Sumter, 665 ; proposes 

 not to fire, if Major Anderson will inform him when he 

 will evacuate, 6C5, 666; appointed brigadier-general, 

 157; proclamation to the army in Virginia, 147; report 

 of the battle at Bull Eun, 82; appointed to the highest 

 military rank, 163; letter of President Davis, 164; be- 

 seeches the "War Department to furnish him means to 

 advance from Manasses, 438. 



BEE, Col., killed at Bull Eun, 84. 



BELL, JOHN, vote for at the Presidential election, 69T. 



BKNDIX, Col, at the battle of Great Bethel, 344 



BENHAM, HENRT W., biographical notice of, 723. 



BENJAMIN, J. P., senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; on 



* Gen. Beauregard signs his name G. T. Bcauregard. 



the secession of the Southern States, 185; in reply t 

 Senator Doolittle, 188 ; withdraws from the Senate, 200; 

 appointed Secretary of War, 165; instructions to re- 

 ceivers under Confiscation Act, 149 ; letter ordering cer- 

 tain prisoners to be held as hostages for the safety of 

 convicted privateers, 151 ; orders relative to bridgeburn- 

 ers in East Tennessee, 153. 



Bennefg Mills, its situation, 69 ; skirmish at, 69. 



BEBRET, JAMES G., his arrest, 360 ; mayor of Washington, 



Beverly, its situation, 69; skirmish at, 69; surrender of Col. 

 Pegram, 69 ; correspondence with McClellan, 69. 



BIGLER, WILLIAM, Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166; 

 offers a compromise bill, 177. 



BINGHAM, JOHN A., member of Congress, 226 ; on the con- 

 fiscation bill, 247. 



BINGHAM, KINSLEY S., birth, 69; education, 69; pnbli* 

 ofHces, 69. 



BLACK, JOHN 8., his opinion as attorney-general on the 

 rights of the States and the power of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, 697. 



BLAH:, FRANCIS P., Jr., Member of Congress, 226 ; on the 

 statements relative to the battle of Bull Eun, 246. 



BLENKEB, Col., at Bull Eun, 86. 



Blockade, the Paris Congress, 70; convention between Eng- 

 land and France, 70 ; original form of blockade, 70 ; neu- 

 trality of European powers, 70 ; Lord Russel's letter to 

 Liverpool merchants, 70 ; views of the French Govern- 

 ment, 71; authority of the President to institute a 

 blockade denied, 71 ; rights of belligerents, 72 ; questions 

 raised, 72, 230, 232, 234 



Blockade, Stone, at Charleston, 101 ; the plan explained by 

 the Secretary of the Navy, 101 ; the vessels, 102 ; where 

 obtained, 102 ; how prepared to be sunk, 102 ; details, 102. 



Boone Court House, Va., its situation, 72 ; skirmish at, 72. 



BOSQUET, PIERRE F. J., birth, 72 ; education, 72 ; pursuits, 73. 



BOULIGNEY, JOHN E., member of Congress, 166; refuses to 

 withdraw because Louisiana has seceded, 207 ; his rea- 

 sons, 208. 



Bowling Green, its situation, 73; fortifications, 73. 



BRAGG, THOMAS, appointed Confederate attorney-general, 

 165. 



BRECKINBIDGE, JOHN C., Senator in Thirty-seventh Congress, 

 166 ; readiness of Southern statesmen to compromise, 174, 

 224; on the acts of President Lincoln, 231-234; on the 

 cause of the war, 242; joins the Confederate army, 407. 



BBIGGS, GEORGE N., birth, 73 ; education, 73 ; offices, 73 ; 

 death, 73. 



BBOWN, ALBERT G., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166 ; 

 remarks on the demands of the Southern States, 167 ; 

 only one way to meet the crisis, 169 ; on the point at is- 

 sue, 189 ; withdraws from the Senate, 198. 



BBOWN, Col. HARVEY, bombards Forts Barrancas and McEea, 

 and is bombarded in turn, 574, 575 ; his observations, 

 575 ; biographical notice of, 725. 



BROWNING, ELIZABETH B., birth, 73 ; education, 73 : writings, 

 73; death, 73. 



BROWNING, OBVILLE H., Member of the Senate, 225 ; on th 

 conduct of the war, 237. 



BUCHANAN, President of U. 8., 697 ; asks the opinion of 

 the attorney-general on the questions raised, in conse- 

 quence of secession, 697 ; message to Congress, 699 ; let- 

 ter to Secretary Floyd, 701 ; letter to the South Carolina 

 commissioners, 702; views of the action of Major Ander- 

 son, 702; message of Jan. 8th, 703 ; correspondence with 

 Secretary Thompson, 704; do. with Secretary Thomas, 

 704; views of his cabinet on the state of affairs, 705; 

 action relative to Commissioner Hayne, 706 ; interview 

 with ex-President Tyler, 707; message to Congress, with 

 the peace conference resolution of Virginia, 178. 



Buckhannon, Fa., its situation, 74; skirmish at, 74 



