WEBSTER, Col., improvises a battery, 209. WELDON ROAD, desperate endeavor of the rebels to regain it, 567. WILDERNESS, terrible battles of the, 489. WILDER, Col. John T., sketch of, 189; compelled to surrender, 190; repulses Longstreet, 423. WILSON, Hon. Henry, a beautiful sentiment of, 610. WILSON AND KAUTZ, Generals, strike the Weldon road, 560. WILMINGTON evacuated in the night, 545. WOOL, Maj.-Gen. John E., receives the surrender of Norfolk, 66. WOLCOTT, Col., drives out a band of sharpshooters, 452. WOMEN (rebel), their insults towards Federal soldiers, 55. YELLOW FEVER driven from New Orleans, 297. YORKTOWN, weakness of its defences, 31; reënforcements sent, 34; commanding fortifications ZACHARIAS, Rev. Dr., the fearless pastor of a church in Frederick, 129. ZINCKS, Artificer, his heroic conduct, 323. ZOLLICOFFER, Maj.-Gen. 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