ington, 168;
in attendance at Baltimore convention, 448, 449;
letter to Hay, 448

=North Carolina=, State of, joins Confederacy, 200, 204;
military governor appointed for, 419

=Offutt, Denton=, engages Lincoln to take flatboat to New Orleans, 21;
disappears from New Salem, 35

=O'Laughlin, Michael=, in conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln, 534;
imprisoned, 544

=Ord, Edward O.C.=, brevet major-general United States army,
conversation with Longstreet, 503

=Owens, Mary S.=, Lincoln's attentions to, correspondence with
and proposal of marriage to, 55-60

=Palfrey, F.W.=, Confederate brigadier-general,
statement about strength of Army of the Potomac, 315

=Parke, John G.=, brevet major-general United States army,
in recapture of Fort Stedman, 505, 506;
in assault at Petersburg 509

=Patterson, Robert=, major-general Pennsylvania militia,
turns troops toward Harper's Ferry, 209;
part in campaign against Manassas, 216;
orders concerning slaves, 220, 221;
failure at Harper's Ferry, 228

=Paulding, Hiram=, rear-admiral United States navy,
burns Norfolk navy-yard, 278

=Pea Ridge=, Arkansas, battle of, 271

=Pemberton, John C.=, Confederate lieutenant-general,
surrenders Vicksburg, 383

=Pendleton, George H.=, member of Congress minister to Prussia,
nominated for Vice-President, 467

=Pendleton, William N.=, Confederate brigadier-general,
advises Lee to surrender 512

=Perryville=, Kentucky, battle of, October 8, 1862, 379

=Peter, Z.=, defeated for Illinois legislature, 1832, 34

=Petersburg=, Virginia, operations against, 400-402, 507-510;
evacuation of, April 2, 1865, 510

=Phelps, John S.=, member of Congress, appointed military
governor of Arkansas, 420

=Phelps, J.W.=, brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
mentioned in letter of Lincoln, 334;
declared an outlaw by Confederate War Department, 350

=Philippi=, West Virginia, battle of, June 3, 1861, 214, 225

=Phillips, Wendell=, letter to Cleveland convention, 442

=Pickens, Francis W.=, member of Congress, minister to Russia,
governor of South Carolina, fires on _Star of the West_, 178

=Pickett, George E.=, Confederate major-general, in battle of Five
Forks, 507, 508

=Pierce, Franklin=, fourteenth President of the United States,
recognizes bogus laws in Kansas, 113;
appoints governors for Kansas, 113, 114

=Pillow, Gideon J.=, Confederate major-general,
stationed at Columbu