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Peterson
Ii.: quoted, IX., 28, 282, 285.Petrel,
ship, VI., 122.Petrel,, U. S. S.:
VI., 82 (see also Aiken); VI., 208, 268, 310, 320.Pettigrew, J. J.:
I., 364; II., 153, 262, 342.Pettigrew, M. L.,
VII., 296.Pettit, R. D.,
I., 280.Pettit, Miss.
Vera, X., 2.Pettit's battery, I., 280.
Pettus, E. W.,
X., 253.Pequio, J.,
VIII., 149.Pequot,, U. S. S.,
III., 342.Phelps, J. E.,
of Arkansas, X., 195.Phelps, J. Elisha, of Kansas, X., 217.
Phelps, J. S.,
X., 292.Phelps, J. W.,
VI., 312; X., 307.Phelps, S. L.:
I., 221; VI., 150, 220, 232, 312, 316.Phelps, T. S.,
VI., 95.Phenix, L.,
VI., 127.Philadelphia, Pa.:
II., 64; newspapers during the war, VIII., 33; brigade, survivors of, IX., 34; Landis' battery at, IX., 37; brigade of, meeting with General Pickett's men at Gettysburg, in 1867, X., 138.Philadelphia, Tenn.,
II., 344.Philadelphia,, U. S. S.,
VI., 95, 308.Philippi, W. Va.,
L, 348.Phillips House, Va.:
II., 100; ruins of, 101.Philo Parsons,, C. S. S.,
VIII., 298.Philomont, Va.,
II., 326.‘Photographer and soldier,’
VIII., 14 seq.Photographic History of the Civil War: the Contributors to, I., 7; only complete pictorial record of a war, I., 30; gives records and facts as well, I., 106; II., 1; difficulties in obtaining some of the photographs for the, III., 170; within Confederate lines, VIII., 105; illustrated, VIII., 108.
Photographing the Civil War: L, 30-54; the benefits to the historian, I., 14, 30 seq.; ‘Brady's Headquarters,’ I., 39, 48; during Civil War, favorable comparison of, with present methods, I., 43, 45 seq.; difficulties of, quoted, I., 48; the Civil War, artistic skill displayed in, I., 54; as a record, I., 60-87; in field, V., 195; the soldiers, 1861-65, VIII., 14, 15; photographers who followed the army, VIII., 25; method used in spying by Lytel, VIII., 297.
Photographs: important factors in giving vivid and graphic descriptions of the Civil War, I., 32-34 seq.; how made, I., 46; sold to government, I., 52; how collected and difficulties encountered, I., 52; past history made present, by Civil War pictures, I., 60, 64, 66; the most daring, taken during Civil War, I., 100; discovery and collection of, VIII., 105; their use in the spy service, VIII., 297.
Pickens, Fort, Fla.
, I, 4, 86, 347 seq., 354.Pickens,, U. S. S.,
VI., 82.Pickering, C. W.,
VI., 309.Pickering, T.,
VI., 109.‘Picket guard, the’
(All Quiet Along the Potomac), E. L. Beers, IX., 142.Pickets: Federal Cavalry, IV., 190; Confederate, at Stono Inlet, S. C., VIII., 131; in Union army, VIII. 215; duty of, IX., 143; on winter duty, IX., 149; communication between, X. 134.
Pickett, G. E.:
I, 73; II., 256, 258, 259, 261 seq., 262 seq., 348; III., 84, 306, 322, 344; IV., 29, 236, 301; V., 37, 61, 74; charge of, at Gettysburg, Pa., V., 40; charge, at Gettysburg, IX., 22, 34, 215, 217; X., 68, 138, 282.Pickett,, U. S. S.,
I., 356.Piedmont, W. Va.,
III., 322.Pierce, B. R.:
III., 76; X., 215.Pierce, F.,
IX., 288.Pierce, signal officer, receiving signals at Elk Mountain, Md., VIII., 320, 321.
Pierrepont, E.,
VII., 196.Pierson, S.,
VII., 181.Pierson, W. S.,
VII., 64, 69.Pigeon Mountain, Tenn.,
II., 270. Pike, A.: VII, 254; IX., 163, 164; X., 257.Piketown, Ky.,
I, 354.Pillow, G. D.:
I. 184, 190 seq., 192; VII., 40, 98; I., 299.Pillow, Fort, Tenn.
(see also Fort Pillow, Tenn.), I., 187, 214, 215, 221, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241, 249; VI., 85.Pilot Knob, Mo.:
II., 169; III., 332.Pinckney, C.,
IX., 319, 321.Pinckney Castle
I., 89.Pine Bluff, Ark.:
II., 346; III., 342.Pine Mountain, Ga.,
where Gen'l Leonidas Polk was killed, III., 115, 322.Piney Woods, La.,
II, 350.Pinkerton, A.:
I., 40; II., 77; VII., 31; VIII., 17, 19, 23, 262, 263, 267, 269, 271.Pinkerton, W. A.:
VIII 17, 23; on Brady, quoted, VII., 17.Pinkerton's Secret Service: during the Civil War, VIII., 4.
Pinola,, U. S. S.:
I., 232; VI., 190, 196.Pioneer,
U. S. S., I., 356.Piper, Count
Swedish minister, VI., 25.Pistols, V.,
144, 170.Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Tenn.
: L, 95, 194, 195, 198 seq., 200, 203 seq., 358, 360; II, 142; V., 44, 204; VI., 216; Confederate battery at, VI., 312; IX., 95.Pittsburgh,, U. S. S.:
I., 187, 217, 222, 224, 356, 362; VI., 148, 214, 216, 218.Plains of Abraham, Quebec, I., 57.
Plank Road, Va.,
V., 320.Planter,, C. S. S.,
VI., 314.Planter,, U. S. S.,
VII., 227.Plaquemine, La.,
I., 363.Pleasant Hill, La.:
II., 352; VI., 227.Pleasant Valley, Md.,
IX., 161.Pleasant's Virginia battery, Confederate, I., 360.
Pleasants, H.,
III., 195; V., 246.Pleasonton, A.:
II., 116, 324, 326, 336, 340; IV., 16, 24, 31, 75, 80, 84, 226, 228, 230, 231, 237, 243, 262, 275, 299 seq.; V., 37; VII., 169; headquarters at Auburn, VIII., 235, 319, 361; IX., 58, 61, 65; X., 238.Plevna, losses at, X., 140.
Plue, D.,
VIII., 281.Plum, W. R.,
quoted, VIII., 360.Plum Point, Tenn.,
I., 362.Plummer, J. B.,
I., 362.Plymouth, N. C.:
II., 352; III., 338; VI., 323, 322.Plymouth,, U. S. S.,
VI., 54, 142.Po River, Va.,
III., 56.Poague, W. T.,
V., 73; IX., 85.Pocohontas,, U. S. S.,
VI., 93.Pocotaligo, S. C.,
II., 326.Poe, E. A.,
IX., 19.Poe, O. M.:
I., 33, 42; III, 222; V., 195, 231, 254; VII., 25.Pohick Church, Va.,
I., 354.Pohle, C. R. M., VIII., 109.
Poindexter, J. A.,
I., 320.Poinsett, J. R.,
‘Poinsett Tactics,’ IV., 60.Pointe Coupee, La.,
IX., 19.Point Lookout Prison, Md.:
II., 350 seq.; VII., 44, 56 seq., 63 seq.; staff at, VII, 63, 70, 124; Confederate prisoners at, VII., 125; IX., 25.Point of Rocks, Md.:
I., 350; IV., 76, 77; V., 80; VI., 89, 265; signal station at, VIII., 319; signal offices at, VIII., 319; signal tower, VIII., 331.Point Pleasant, Mo.,
I., 217, 220.Poison Springs, Ark.,
II., 352.Policy of arbitrary arrests
Vii., 198.Polignac, C. J.,
X., 317.Political influences: as affecting military operations, I., 118.
Political prisoners
Viii., 270.Polk, J. K.,
tomb of, IX., 285.Polk, L.:
L, 196, 200, 208, 218, 360; II., 170, 276, 278 seq., 348; III., 108, 111, 112, 115, 118, 320; V., 48; VII., 100; VIII., 110, 115; X., 143, 247, 264.Polk, L. E.,
X., 257.Pond, G. E.,
III., 148.Pond's Partisan Rangers, Confederate, II, 320.
Pontchartrain,, C. S. S.:
I., 366; VI., 218.Pontoon boats: II., 87; canvas, V., 235.
Pontoon bridges: at Berlin, Md.,
II., 56; III., 37; IV., 205; V., 235; at Decatur, Ala., VIII., 207; officers' quarters, VIII., 207; pontoon bridge, VIII., 207.Pontoosuc,, U. S. S.,
III., 342.Poolesville, Md.,
III., 159 seq.Poor, C. H.,
VI., 116.Poor Old Slave,
poem, IX., 351.
Pope, John
I., 217, 219, 220, 222, 225, 236, 358, 360; II., 9, 13 seq.; headquarters of, II., 15, 18, 20 seq., 26, 28, 32, 34, 38 seq.; 43, 46, 48, 50, 53, 54, 139, 144, 320, 322; IV., 34; army of, IV., 67, 89, 90, 193; V., 27, 32 seq., 34, 36, 104, 200, 202, 283, 286, 288; VI., 189, 216, 218, 268; VII., 106, 219; VIII., 18, 128, 201, 228, 240; IX., 75; X., 173, 176.Pope, V.,
III., 39.Poplar Springs Church, Va.,
III., 332.Population of Northern States in 1860, VIII., 58.
Porcher, F. P.,
VII., 250.Pork-packing by Confederate government at Richmond, Va.,
VIII., 54.Port Gibson, Miss.:
II., 189, 214, 216, 334, 340.Port Hudson, La.:
L, 365; II., 9; Confederate fortifications at, II., 179; River Banks at, II., 179 seq., 188; Confederate fortifications, II., 210; Confederate siege guns at, II., 211; Confederate fortifications at, II., 213; parapet at, II., 213; ‘The Citadel,’ II, 215; battered guns at, II., 217; Bainbridge's batteries at, II., 217; Duryea's batteries at, II., 217; Federal battery No. 10 at, II., 219; Federal navy, assistance of, at, II., 219, 226, 332; siege of, II., 336, 340; campaign of, IV., 135; VI., 38, 114, 217, 226, 318; VII, 112, 114, 118; expeditions, of, VII., 263.Port Republic, Va.:
L, 310, 366; IV., 104.Port Royal, S. C.:
I., 354, 355; capture of Confederate forts at, I., 357; II., 329; expedition, II., 329; III., 224; on Rappahannock, IV., 203; expeditionary corps, V., 110, 145; VI., 22, 75, 112, 115, 117, 120, 125, 168, 270, 295; entrance to, VI., 310.Port Royal, Va.,
evacuation of, IV., 205.Port Royal,, U. S. S.:
I., 364; VI, 314.Port Royal Islands, S. C.,
IX., 352.Porter, A.:
I., 157; VIII, 271; X., 303.Porter, D.,
I., 183.Porter, D. D.:
I., 25, 77, 183, 214, 226 seq., 228, 362; river fleet of, I., 74, 362; II., 188, 190 seq., 200; II., 206, 332, 334, 348, 350; III., 340, 342; Red River fleet of, IV., 139; V., 267, 269, 313; VI., 37, 64, 68, 81, 114, 116, 120, 141, 148, 175, 181, 184, 195, 201, 206, 207, 209, 210, 226, 227, 234, 240, 314, 317, 318, 322; staff of, VI., 257; VIII., 330.Porter, Mrs. Felicia Grundy: President Women's Relief Society of the Confederate States, VII., 247, 296.
Porter, Fitz-John: I., 29, 51 seq., 281, 314, 320, 321, 324, 326, 335; II., 46, 50, 68, 322, 324; and staff, IV., 221, 222; V., 35, 38; VIII., 356; X., 183, 198.
Porter, H.:
III., 81; VIII., 185, 226, 235; IX., 112, 113, 115, 182; X., 19, 49.Porter, J. C.,
II., 320.Porter, J. L.,
VI., 140, 144, 154, 155.Porter, W. D.:
I., 74 seq., 77, 78 seq., 94, 183 seq.;II., 198; VI., 226, 316.Porter's independent forces, Confederate, II., 320.
Porterfield, J.,
Confederate agent, VIII., 300.Portland, Me.,
L, 88.Portsmouth, Va.,
L, 364.Portsmouth,, U. S. S.,
VI., 183, 190.Posey, C.,
X., 153.Post, P. S.,
X., 201.Post office of the Army of the Potomac
Viii., 33, 35.Posts, G. A. R.,
origin of, X., 290.Potato-digging by Grant's men, VIII, 198-199.
Potosi, Mo.,
L, 350.Potomac, The Army of the (see also Army of the Potomac), I., 282.
Potomac Creek, Va.:
bridge over, V., 272; VII., 41.Potomac River: I., 62; in Virginia, II., 19, 56; in Maryland and Virginia, II., 229; view of, from Berlin Heights, II., 266; Meade's army crossing at Berlin, II., 267; V., 80, 258; VI., 39, 92; flotilla and batteries, VI., 94, 95; U. S. flotilla, VI., 314; VII., 31; New York Ferry at, VIII., 39, 74; New York Seventh crossing, VIII., 76, 84, 282.
Potter, C. H.,
IX., 59.Potter, E. E.,
X., 225.Potter, J. H.,
X., 219.Potter, R. B.:
III., 90; X., 225.Potter's House, Atlanta, Ga.
, III., 127.Potthoft, private, VIII, 125.
Potts, surgeon, VII, 222.
Potts, B.,
X., 233.‘Pound Cake regiment,’
X., 121.Pound Gap, Tenn.,
I., 358.Powder Springs, Ga.,
III., 322.Powell, L.,
alias ‘Payne,’ hanged for conspiracy to kill President Lincoln, VII., 211.Powell, W. H.,
III., 338.Powell, W. L.,
VI, 154.Powhatan,, U. S. S.:
III, 340; VI., 116, 184, 308.Powhatan Point, Va.,
V., 239.Powhite Creek, Va.,
I., 326.Poydras College, La.,
IX., 19, 158.Prairie D'ann, Ark.,
II, 352.Prairie du Chien, Wis.: First regiment of, en route to Washington, D. C., VIII., 79.
Prairie Grove, Ark.:
Il, 326; losses at, X., 142.Prague, losses at, X., 140.
Pray on,
C. P. Ware, IX., 352.
‘Prayer of Twenty Millions, the,’
Greeley's famous letter, II., 31. Preble, G. H., VI., 190.Prentice, B. M.:
I., 194, 200, 202, 204, 305, 360, 365; II., 340, 343; IX., 95; X., 201.Preston, J. S.,
X., 285, Preston, J. T. L., IX., 132.Preston, Margaret J.
IX., 230, 231.Preston, S. W.,
VI., 127, 259.Preston, W.,
II., 286; X. 267.Preston, signal officer, VI., 153.
Pride of Battery B, the,
F. H. Gassaway, IX., 189, 196, 199,201.
Price, S.:
I., 118, 245, 353; Il, 143 seq., 152, 212, 324, 340, 342, 344, 346, 350, 352 seq.; III., 128, 324,328, 330, 332, 338; VI., 221; X., 251, 276.Prince Street Hospital, Alexandria, Va.
, VIII., 235.Princeton, W. Va.,
364.Princeton,, U. S. S.,
VI., 135.Prisoners: guarding the, L, 107; Confederate, II., 351 seq.; treatment of, during the Civil War, an advance over previous methods, VII., 14, 16; of the war, VII., 19-52; paroling of, and object, VII, 26; paroling of, and conditions of parole, VII, 26, 28, 30; exchanges of, authorized after the battle of Bull Run, etc., VII., 32; of the war, laws in regard to, VII, 32, 34; Confederate, treatment of, in Northern prisons, VII, 35; several estimates of the number of, captured during the war, VII., 43, 50, 52; increased numbers of, created demand for more prisons, VII., 43, 44; treatment of, according to rules and regulations of the respective departments of war, VII., 46, 48; of the North and South, their lives, accommodations, etc., compared, VII, 48, 50; Confederate, captured in Civil War, VII, 50; Union, captured in Civil War, VII., 50; ‘dilapidated’ Union, VII., 51; of the war, VII., 54; number of, confined in Libby Prison during the war, VII., 57;
