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.
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
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,
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-
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
YANCEY, WM. L, appointed Commissioner to Europe, 10). YULEE, David L., Senator in Thirty-sixth Congress, 165; withdraws, 193; remarks on, 193.
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;
659. ZWIRNER, ERNST F., his birth, 758; education, 738; labora in architecture, 758.
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