147, 155, 191

Ozark, the, 191, 194, 206 et seq.

Paducah, Ky., seized by Grant, 18, 21

Palmer, Captain James S., of the Iroquois, 95;
of the Hartford, 134

Palmer, Commodore of the Hartford, 167;
left in command, 246, 248

Parker, Commodore Foxhall A., 240 (note)

Paulding, Lieutenant, of the St. Louis, 21;
before Donelson, 27

Pearce, Lieutenant John, 191, 200

Pendergrast, Flag-Officer G.J., commands Home Squadron, 4

Pennock, Captain Alexander M., 179, 211

Pensacola Navy Yard, 3, 5, 8, 52, 60, 90, 107, 227 et seq., 242
(note), 246

Pensacola, the, U.S. vessel, 52 et seq., 73, 75, et seq., 78, 85, 100
(note)

Perkins, Lieutenant-Commander George H., 229, 242 (note), 247

Petrel, the, U.S. steamer, 142 et seq., 171

Phelps, Lieutenant-Commander S.L., of the Conestoga, 18, 21, 24 et
seq., 28;
of the Benton, 42;
commands an expedition from Helena, 107, 179, 182;
at Grand Ecore, 195, 198, 200 et seq.

Pickens, Fort, see Fort Pickens.

Pierce, Captain, 129

Pillow, Fort, see Fort Pillow.

Pinola, the, U.S. gunboat, 54, 66 et seq., 71, 77 et seq., 80 et seq., 95

Pittsburg Landing, 36 et seq.

Pittsburg, the, Union gunboat, 15, 27, 34, 42, 44, 117, 123, 147, 155,
157, 160 et seq., 166, 191, 194, 207

Point of Rocks, 158, 161

Polk, the, Confederate gunboat, 40

Ponchartrain, the, Confederate gunboat, 40, 50

Pope, General, at New Madrid, 30 et seq., 34, 36;
at Fort Pillow, 39 et seq.

Porter, Admiral David D., 53, 79, 85, 87;
relieves Captain Davis, 110;
his orders to Walke, 116;
Colonel Dunnington surrenders to, 122 et seq.;
success and disasters in Mississippi, 126 et seq.;
hopes frustrated, 132, 139 et seq.;
undertakes to reach the Yazoo, 147 et seq.;
before Vicksburg, 154, 158, 161;
at Grand Gulf, 163, 165 et seq.;
assumes command of river, 174;
inaugurates raids, 177, 179, 189 et seq.;
in the Red River, 194 et seq., 200 et seq., 204;
at Red River Dam, 206;
relieved by Porter, 211

Porter, Commander William D., 15, 21, 23, 88, 90 et seq., 94;
ordered to Hampton Roads, 97, 103 et seq.

Port Hudson, 11, 173

Port Royal, the, 229

Portsmouth, the, U.S. sloop, 80, 87

Preble, Lieutenant George H., 54

Preble, the, sailing sloop, 5, 7

Prentiss, General, 176

Princess Royal, the, 183

Pritchett, Lieutenant-Commander, 175 et seq.

Queen City, the, 212 et seq.

Queen of the West, Union ram, 48, et seq., 84 (note