Boone courthouse, West Virginia,
confederate militia routed at.
Boone, Thos. C., lieutenant colonel 115th Ohio,
commanding Kemper Barracks, Cincinnati.
Border States,
slavery question most troublesome in;
military administration in;
distasteful.
Boughton, Horace, colonel 143rd New York,
commanding brig, at battle of Kinston.
Bounty Jumping,
evils and extent of;
arrest of deserters and efforts to prevent frauds.
Boyle, Jere. T., brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
in Morgan raid;
commanding 1st division 23d army corps
Bradley, D. C., lieutenant 65th Ill.,
aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff.
Bragg, Braxton, general Confederate States Army,
invades Kentucky;
sends large forces to Johnston's assistance in Mississippi;
reinforced by Longstreet's corps before Chickamauga;
forces of, opposing Rosecrans;
weakened by absence of Morgan;
losses at Chickamauga;
unable to break line of supplies for Chattanooga;
orders Longstreet to E. Tennessee;
intends crushing Burnside and quick return;
defeated at Chattanooga;
Longstreet's return cut off;
evil consequences;
asks for investigation;
want of confidence in;
directed to turn command over to Hardee;
quoted by Davis;
correspondence with Johnston;
with Hood;
goes to Atlanta to examine condition of affairs and reports;
exposes habitual underestimate of their forces by confederate generals;
commanding department of North Carolina;
headquarters at Wilmington;
forced to evacuate by General Cox;
forces of, Feb. 10th;
serves under Johnston;
concentrates all forces and attacks General Cox at Kinston;
mistaken order;
waits for reinforcements;
final attack at Kinston;
repulsed;
forces of, at Kinston;
at Chester, South Carolina;
captured near Athens, Georgia
Brannan, John M., brigadier-general United States Volunteers;
at Chickamauga.
Breckinridge, John C., Secretary of War Confederate States Army,
admits slavery to be dead;
takes part in Sherman-Johnston conference;
at Davis' last cabinet meeting;
decides Hampton's troops bound by capitulation but H. himself free to ignore;
escapes to Cuba.