832, 850; Adm. Samuel P. Lee's opinion <strong>of</strong>, 251; photographs <strong>of</strong>, 365, 739; mentioned, 535, 565 Porter, Fitz-John, 735; correspondence <strong>of</strong>, 18, 91, 466, 820, 848, 913; courtmartial <strong>of</strong>, 62, 317, 422, 467; post<strong>war</strong> reinvestigation <strong>of</strong>, 346 Porter, Horace, 736 Porter family, 737 Portland, Maine, 792 Portsmouth, Va.: abandonment <strong>of</strong>, 1006 Post Office Department, 189 Postmaster General, 507 Poston, William K., 128 Potomac (U.S.S.), 70 Potomac, Army <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>: organization, 41, 309, 438, 461, 729; performance <strong>of</strong>, 729; reports on, 1034; headquarters papers <strong>of</strong>, 571 Potomac River: fortifications on, 592; Federal raids along, 229; planned operations on, 201 Potomac River flotilla, 1028 Potomska (U.S.S.), 905 Potter, Ed<strong>war</strong>d E., 467 Potter, Henry L., 861 Potter, William F., 738 Powel, Mary Edith, 739 Powell, C. Percy, 967 Powell, J. E., 460 Powell, John F., 740 Powhatan (U.S.S.), 737 Prairie Grove, Battle <strong>of</strong>, 290 Pratt, Nicholas, 742 Pratt, Richard Henry, 741 Pratt, William Veazie, 742 Preble, George H.: attempt to prevent C.S.S. Florida 364 <strong>from</strong> entering Mobile Bay, 881; correspondence <strong>of</strong>, 375, 418; dismissal and reinstatement <strong>of</strong>, 881; information on, 739 Preble, Henry, 34 "Precis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Military History <strong>of</strong>B. J. D. Irwin,"471 Prentice, Fowler, 688 Prentice, George D., 997 Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry, 291 Presidential campaign <strong>of</strong> 1864, 366, 462, 571, 847; results among Vermont troops, 652; miscellaneous figures on votes cast by soldiers, 768 Preston, John Thomas Lewis, 743 Preston, William, 454 Preston family <strong>of</strong> Virginia, 744 Price, Benjamin, 348 Price, Sterling: strength <strong>of</strong>, 613; Federal maneuvers against, 367, 480; correspondence <strong>of</strong>, 730; generalship <strong>of</strong>, 613; criticism <strong>of</strong>, 411 Prince, Lt. Colonel, 266 Princeton (U.S.S.): construction <strong>of</strong>, 280 Princeton University, 974 Prisoners <strong>of</strong> <strong>war</strong>: (Confederate) 24, 57, 63, 85, 128, 156, 168, 234, 239, 259, 279, 322, 333, 357, 367, 383, 386, 400, 441, 460, 470, 499-500, 525, 532, 539, 552, 558, 563, 581, 584, 586, 618, 640-41, 646, 650, 667, 677, 699, 772, 782, 793, 803, 805, 811, 886, 899, 903, 911, 946, 989, 1058, 1063; life and treat-
ment <strong>of</strong>, 129, 279, 386, 434, 438, 554, 563, 599, 635, 637, 687, 703, 716-17, 748, 816, 822, 827, 869, 899, 922, 968, 982, 1011, 1031; parole, release, and exchange <strong>of</strong>, 20, 176, 301, 424, 438, 448, 532, 635, 748, 766, 847, 894, 904, 913, 952; entertainment <strong>of</strong>, 827, 899; lists and names <strong>of</strong>, 288, 372, 438, 563; aid to, 524, 584, 778; photographs <strong>of</strong>, 1034; sketches <strong>of</strong>, 758; political prisoners, 350, 409, 740, 827, 961; (Federal) 28, 50, 103, 157, 179, 342, 422, 436, 452, 522-23, 630, 635, 884, 899, 953, 957, 991, 1014, 1020; life and treatment <strong>of</strong>, 36, 54, 63, 84,184, 208, 234, 345, 351, 392, 448, 471, 554, 579, 598-99, 657, 669, 695, 697, 709, 764, 766, 781, 898, 979, 990, 1011, 1016, 1020, 1058; song by, 781; names and lists <strong>of</strong>, 28, 175, 401, 438, 448, 522, 553, 697, 763-64; aid to, 37, 81, 84, 197, 217, 234; murder <strong>of</strong>, 975; Confederate efforts to recruit <strong>from</strong>, 448; deaths among, 448, 1020; escapes and escape attempts, 84, 197, 217, 554, 630, 695, 899, 1020; parole, release, and exchange <strong>of</strong>, 20, 50, 215, 430, 471, 522, 606, 686, 697, 764, 847, 896, 904, 1016, 1020, 1038, 1052; narratives <strong>of</strong>, 899 Prisons: (Confederate) 148, 175, 184, 197, 284, 345, 369, 448, 554, 599, 697, 731, 763, 884, 898, 1020; (Federal) 33, 234, 279, 333, 345, 368, 442, 453, 499, 524-25, 563, 584, 599, 650, 716; see also prison names "Prison Song. Lines written by Dr. Su<strong>the</strong>rland," 781 Pritchard, John W., 49 Privateers: (Confederate) 642, 662, 803, 863; purchase <strong>of</strong> vessels for use as, 747 Prize money, 251, 343 Prize vessels, 157, 251, 254, 285, 343, 535, 545, 558, 561, 606, 608, 642, 686, 694, 784, 796, 822, 842, 1006; list <strong>of</strong>, 265; list <strong>of</strong> passengers captured on, 535 Procter, A. C, 745 Proctor, Wilbur Huntington, 746 Promotions: (U.S. Army) 41, 208, 214, 251, 391, 552, 751, 766, 845, 847, 850, 862-64, 913, 953, 992-93, 1000, 1016; (U.S. Navy) 154, 183, 251 "Proposed Plan To Secure <strong>the</strong> Military Service <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Negroes," 937 Prostitution, 702 Proteus (U.S.S.), 858 Provost marshal, 33, 115, 245, 835 Pryor, Roger Atkinson: correspondence <strong>of</strong>, 789; conduct <strong>of</strong>, 488 Public Archives <strong>of</strong> Canada, 747 Putnam, E. P., 717 365
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