.

——, James H., N col.,

.

Perryville, Ky., battle,

,

,

.

Peter, W. G., C lieut., executed as a spy,

.

Petersburg, Va.,

,

,

;

    approached by Grant,

;

    map of vicinity,

;

    explosion of mine,

;

    ill.,

,

,

;

    fighting before,

;

    outer defences taken,

;

    evacuated,

,

;

    Court House, ill.,

;

    Burnside's Mine,

;

    Crow's Nest observatory, ill.,

.

Peterson, Margaret Augusta, hospital services and death,

;

    port.,

.

Pettigrew, J. Johnston, C brig.-gen., port.,

.

Peyton, ——, C col.,

.

Phelps, S. Ledyard, N lieut.-com., Peninsular campaign,

.

——, Thomas S., N rear-adm.,

;

    survey of Potomac River,

.

Philadelphia, Tenn., action,

.

Philippi, W. Va., battle, ill.,

,

.

"Philippi races,"

.

Phillips, Jesse L., N b'v't brig.-gen., Rocky Crossing, Miss.,

.

——, Wendell, port.,

.

Philo Parsons, Lake steamer, captured by raiders,

,

.

Pickens, Francis W., gov. S. C.,

.

Picket, N gunboat, exploded,

.

Pickett, George E., C maj.-gen., Gettysburg,

;

    port.,

,

.

——, Mrs. Lasalle Corbell, article,

,

.

Pierce, E. W., N b'v't brig.-gen., at Big Bethel,

.

——, Franklin, president of the U. S.,

;

    attitude toward slavery,

;

    opposed to the war,

.

Pierpont, Francis H., gov. W. Va.,

;

    port.,

.

Pierre Bayou, Miss.,

.

Pike, Albert, C brig.-gen.,

,

;

    "Dixie,"

;

    port.,

.

Piketon, Mo.,

.

Pillow, Gideon J., C brig.-gen.,

;

    Fort Donelson,

;

    port.,

.

Pilot Knob, Mo.,

;

    ill.,

.

Pin Indians,

.

Pine Bluff, Ark., engagement,

.

——, Tenn., fight,

.

Pine Mountain, Ga., occupied by Johnston,

;

    Polk killed,

.

Pinkerton, Allan, port.,

.

Pinney, Oscar F., N capt., Perryville,

.

Pipe Creek, near Gettysburg,

,

,

.

Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn.,

;

    ill.,

,

.

Pittsburgh, N gunboat, Island No. 10,

.

Pleasant Hill, La., battle,

,

.

Pleasonton, Alfred, N maj.-gen., Chancellorsville,

;

    Brandy Sta., Va.,

;

    Aldie, Va.,

;

    port.,

;

    Gettysburg,

;

    Upperville, Va.,

.

Plummer, Joseph B., N brig.-gen., at New Madrid,

;

    Fredericktown, Mo.,

.

Plymouth, N. C.,

;

    engagement,

,

,

;

    captured by Gen. Hoke,

.

——, N frigate,

.

Pocahontas, N vessel,

.

——, Miss.,

.

Pocotaligo, S. C.,

,

.

Poe, Orlando M., N b'v't brig.-gen., port., 552.

Poindexter, ——, C col., Roan's Tanyard, Mo.,

.

Point of Rocks, Va.,

,

.

Point Pleasant, W. Va., action,

.

Polk, James K., President of the U. S., attitude toward slavery,

.

——, Leonidas, C lieut.-gen.,

;

    port.,

;

    Shiloh,

,

;

    Chickamauga,

,

;

    Meridian

;

    Atlanta campaign,

;

    killed, Lost Mountain,

,

.

Pollard, E. A., quoted,

,

.

Pope, John, N maj.-gen.,

;

    New Madrid,

;

    Island No. 10,

;

    port.,

;

    commands Army of Va.,

;

    campaign,