President’s conversation with Frederick Douglass
  about retaliation, 352;
  Stanton’s order regulating raising of, 435;
  Republican national platform claims protection of laws of war for, 446;
  take part in second inauguration of Lincoln, 493, 494;
  Jefferson Davis’s recommendation concerning slaves in rebel army, 501;
  assist in restoring order in Richmond, 517;
  in Lincoln’s funeral procession, 546. 
  See Slavery and Emancipation

=Nelson, William=, lieutenant-commander United States navy,
  major-general United States Volunteers, occupies Nashville, 270

=New Orleans=, Louisiana, capture of, 283-285;
  Confederate negro regiment in, 348, 349;
  Union sentiment in, 420

=New Salem=, Illinois, town of, 22-26

=New York City=, draft riots in, 356, 357;
  funeral honors to Lincoln in, 546, 547

=Nicolay, John G.=, Lincoln’s private secretary, 158;
  accompanies Mr. Lincoln to Washington, 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