Buckner, General Simon B.,
surrenders Fort Donelson, see vol. i.
Buell, General D.C.,
his resemblance in character to McClellan, see vol. i.;
refuses to seize East Tennessee;
snubbed by McClellan;
recommended by Halleck for promotion;
takes Nashville;
saves battle of Shiloh;
allows slave-owners to reclaim fugitives, see vol. ii.;
seizes Louisville before Bragg;
opposes Halleck's plan to invade Tennessee;
resigns.
Bull Run,
first battle of, see vol. i.;
second battle of, see vol. ii.
Burlingame, Anson D.,
hopes that Douglas will join Republicans, see vol. i.
Burns, Anthony,
seized as a slave in Boston, see vol. i.
Burnside, General Ambrose E.,
commands in North Carolina, see vol. i.;
given command of Army of Potomac, see vol. ii.;
at Fredericksburg;
loses confidence of army;
ordered by Lincoln to do nothing without informing him;
offers to resign;
wishes to dismiss several generals;
resigns;
his campaign in East Tennessee;
relieved by Sherman;
alarmed at Copperheads;
commands in Ohio;
issues order threatening traitors;
tries and condemns Vallandigham;
comment of Lincoln on;
offers resignation.
Butler, Benjamin F.,
takes possession of hill commanding Baltimore, see vol. i.;
commands at Fortress Monroe;
commands at New Orleans;
keeps slaves as "contraband of war", see vol.
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