Fact Sheets

Key facts about John A. Bingham, an influential congressman during the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras, who drafted the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Key facts about U.S. Senator and Congressman Frank P. Blair who was one of President Abraham Lincoln's more successful political generals.

Key facts about the violence experienced in the Kansas Territory prior to the American Civil War.

Key facts about Major General James G. Blunt, a prominent Union officer who served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.

Key facts about the Battle of Boonsboro, which took place on June 8, 1863, and was part of Robert E. Lee's Gettysburg Campaign.

Key facts about the Battle of Boonville

Key facts about the Battle of Boydton Plank Road.

APUSH Definition — Braxton Bragg (1817–1876) was a soldier who rose to prominence as a Confederate General during the Civil War. He is remembered for his reputation as being one of the worst officers to serve in the war.

Key facts about the Battle of Brandy Station, which occurred on June 9, 1863, in Culpeper County, Virginia, and was the largest cavalry engagement of the Civil War.

Key facts about the Battle of Brawner's Farm.

APUSH Definition — John C Breckinridge (1821–1875) was an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was Vice President to James Buchanan and joined the Confederacy when the Civil War started. He is perhaps most well-known for being the youngest person elected vice president.

Key facts about the Bristoe Campaign, a short series of engagements that took place in northeastern Virginia between October 13 and November 7, 1863, as the Union Army of the Potomac pursued the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia following the federal victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in July.

Key facts about the Battle of Bristoe Station.

Key facts about ardent abolitionist John Brown.

Key facts about the Battle of Brown's Mill.

Key facts about James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States.

Key facts about the Battle of Buckland Mills.

APUSH Definition — Simon Bolivar Bucker (1823–1914) was an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He is most well-known for serving as the governor of Kentucky following the war.

APUSH Definition — Don Carlos Buell (1818–1898) was an officer in the United States Army during the Civil War. He led Union armies in two of the most important battles of the war, Shiloh and Perryville.

Key facts about the Battle of Buffington Island.