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letter of President Lincoln to the Mayor of Baltimore,
716; letter of the Secretary of State to the Governor of
Maryland, 717; inferview between commissioners from
Baltimore and the President, 717; the blockade procla-
mation, 717; seizure of telegraphic despatches, 718;
proclamation ordering blockade of Florida, and sus-
pension of habeas corpus writ, 718; instructions by the
Secretary of the Treasury to collectors of the customs,
718; mails discontinued, 718; extra session of Congress,
719; its action, 719; finances, 719; army, 719; navy,
719; act passed to approve and justify the acts of the
President, 719; its constitutionality, 719; military ar-
rangements, 719, 720; retirement of Gen. Scott, 720;
promotion of Gen. McClellan, 720; correspondence, 720;
order of Gen. McClellan on taking command of the
army, 721; biographical notices of numerous army offi
cers, 721-726.

Vermont, its boundaries, 726; statistics, 727; response to
the call for troops, 727; action of the Legislature, 727;
Personal Liberty Bill, 727; war loan, 727; first regi-
ment, 727; other troops, 728; vote of the State, 728.
VICAT, LOUIS JOSEPH, birth, 728; discoveries, 728; pursuits,
728; honors, 728.

VIELE, E. L., biographical notice of, 726.
Vienna, its situation, 728; skirmish at, 728,
Virginia, movement of her Legislature for a Peace Confer-
ence, 179; the resolutions, 178; boundaries, 729; popn-
lation, 729; vote, 729; public sentiment, 729; Union
meetings, 729; resolutions of New York, how received,
729; action of the Legislature, 730; address of members
of Congress, 730; the State Convention, 730; it assem-
bles, 781; organization, 781; proceedings, 781; on Lin-
coln's inaugural, 732; debates, 782, 783; communication
from Governor Pickens, 784; response to the call for
troops, 784, ordinance to repeal the ratification of the
United States Constitution, 735; proclamation, 785;
exports of grain prohibited, 736; warlike aspect, 736;
joins the Southern Confederacy, 736; convention with,
737; proceedings in Western Virginia, 737; mustering
troops, 738; military movements, 738; bridges ordered
to be burned, 788; debate on the payment of State in-
terest, 789; vote on the secession ordinance, 789; paper
money, 740; military strength of Virginia, 740; condi-
tion of affairs in the State, 741; list of battles and skir
mishes, 741; counties of Accomac and Northampton,
742: proclamation of General Dix, 742; prices of mer-
chandise, 742; passes ordinance of secession, 188; how
received in the Confederate States, 188.

Virginia, Western, its attachment to the Union, 742;
boundaries, 743; a Convention called, 743; Its proceed-
ings, 743; Declaration of Independence, 743; speech of
the new Governor, 743; address of Governor Letcher
to the people, 743; McClellan's proclamation, 744;
population, 744; Attorney-General Bates on the situa
tion of Western Virginia as a State, 745; McClellan's
proclamation to the Union men, 745; to his troops, 746;
details of his campaign, 746, 747; despatches, 747.

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further correspondence, 182; remarks on attack on
Sumter, 183; "No man could tell where this war
would end," 133; letter to Governor Magoffin, 138.
WARD, JAMES H., birth, 748; education, 748; writings, 748;
service, 749.

Warren, Fort, used as a prison, 362.
Warsaw, Mo., burning of, 495.

Washington, its situation, 749; circumstances of its seles
tion for the seat of Government, 749; rumors of an at-
tack on President Lincoln, 750; investigation, 750; as-
sembling of troops at, 750; inquiries by Congress of the
reason, 750; reply of President Buchanan, 750; da, of
Secretary Holt, 751; inauguration ceremonies, 751; ex-
citement on April 15th, 752; movement of troops, 752,
753; small arms and ordnance issued at the arsenal, 753
Wheeling, Va., its situation, 754; capital of Western Vir
ginia, 754.

WHITTEMORE, THOMAS, birth,754; pursuits, 754; writ.ngs, 734.
WICKLIFFE, CHAS. A., member of Congress, 226; on the

confiscation bill, 247.

WIGFALL, LOUIS T., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 166;

we intend to leave this Union-then bring us back,
168; the people of the South cannot save the Union,
171; on non-intervention, 181; comes with a flag of
truce to Fort Sumter, 668.

WILLEY, WAITMAN T., member of the Senate, 225; on the
object of the war, 242.

Williamsport, Va., its situation, 754; skirmish near, 755.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS S., birth, 754; education, 754; pursuits,

754.

WILSON, HENRY, member of the Senate, 228; on the acts of
President Lincoln, 228-238.

Wilson's Creek, Mo., its situation, 755; details of the battle
at, 755.

WILSON, WILLIAM, stationed with his regiment on Santa
Rosa Island, 578; attacked by Confederates, October
8, 1861, 574.

WINANS, ROSS, his arrest, 860.

Winchester, its situation, 755; occupied by troops, 755,
WINDER, J. H., letter on seizing certain Federal prisoners
for hostages for the safety of Confederate privateers-

men, 151.

WINTHROP, THEODORE, his birth, 756; education, 756;
death, 756.

Wisconsin, its boundaries, 756; population, 756; banks
756; bank riot, 756; vote for Lincoln, 756; session of
the Legislature, 756, its action, 757; the war bill, 757;
acts passed, 757; troops furnished, 757.
WISE, GEN. H. A., retreats from Charleston, Va, 103.
Wochentliche Union office sacked by a mob, 657.
WOOD, BENJAMIN, member of Congress, 226; offers a reso-
lution in the House, 244.

WOOD, FERNANDO, proclamation of, 531.

Wool and Flax Fabrics, the disentegration, 757; how done,
757; uses, 757.

WOOL, JOHN ELLIS, biographical notice of, 722.
WRIGHT, HORATIO G., biographical notice of, 724

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YANCEY, WM. L, appointed Commissioner to Europe, 10).
YULEE, David L., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 165;
withdraws, 193; remarks on, 193.

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WADE, BENJAMIN F., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress,
166; totally unable to understand precisely what it is of
which they complain, 171; when has a Republican Sen-
ator proposed to violate a right of the South? 171; on ZAGONTI, Major CHARLES, re-capture
the bill to discontinue postal service in seceded States, 218.
WALKER, L. P., Secretary at War, orders General Beaure-
gard to demand the surrender of Fort Sumter, 132;

Springfield, Mo,

659.
ZWIRNER, ERNST F., his birth, 758; education, 738; labora
in architecture, 758.

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