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to, by Gen. Banks, 625, 626; question of
admission of Senators from Louisiana,
626; proclamation convening in extra ses-
sion, Feb. 17, 1865, 652, 653; resolutions:
1839, Jan. 4, handling of public moneys in
foreign countries, I, 23.

1861, July 19, quasi-armistice, II, 70.

July 23, imprisonment of John L. Wor-
den, II, 70.

July 25, instructions to U. S. Ministers
abroad, II, 70.

July 31, appointment of Gen. Lane, II,
71, 72.

(Dec. 14), regarding Dixon 8. Miles, II,

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Apr. 22, Brig.-Gen. Stone, II, 147.
May 22, Mexican affairs, II, 161.

Dec. 5, Indian barbarities in Minnesota,
II, 279.

Dec. 15, requesting report of Reverdy
Johnson, II, 283.

1863, Jan. 13, capture of British vessels
with contraband of war for use of in-
surgents, II, 306.

(Jan. 20), exportation of contraband of
war for French army in Mexico, II, 303.
Jan. 30, II, 309.

Feb. 5, death of Gen. Ward in China, II,
309.

Feb. 9, visit of M. Mercier to Richmond,
II, 309.

Feb. 10, mediation and arbitration, II,
310.

Feb. 12, II, 310.

Feb. 26, correspondence with working-
men of England, II, 312.

Mar. 11, persons in government employ,
II, 459.

Dec. 16, treatment of Kansas troops
captured by Confederates, II, 469.
1864, Jan. 20, fire at Santiago, Chili, II, 473.
Jan. 26, exchange of prisoners, II, 478.
Jan. 28, colonization of negroes, II, 495.
Feb. 4, reciprocity with the Sandwich
Islands, II, 478.

Mar. 1, Union Pacific railroad, II, 493.
Apr. 30, rights of colored troops, II, 519.
Bee also U. S. CONGRESS.
United States Statutes, revision of, II, 98.
United States Supreme Court, decisions of,
on constitutionality of a national bank, I,
30, 229, 255, 270; sanctioned national banks,
74; arbiter of the Constitution, 220; Doug-
las on resistance to decision in Dred Scott
case, 228, 229; the Dred Scott case in, 241-
244, 263, 603, 610; former decisions contrary
to that in the Dred Scott case, 255; Jack-
son's position on right to govern coördi-
nate branch of government, 256; Jefferson
on, 269, 270; Lincoln's opposition to Dred
Scott decision, 283, 284; mandatory aspect
of a decision of, 298; Lincoln's charge of
conspiracy against, 303, 313, 328, 396, 397,
466, 467, 485; decision as to rights of Terri-
tories to exclude slavery, 311, 360; Doug-
las's adherence to its decisions, 317, 447,
473, 518; Douglas's criticism on Lincoln's
strictures on Dred Scott decision, 343; de-
cision as to Congressional prohibition of
slavery in Territories, 357; status of negro
under decision in Dred Scott case, 405-407;
decides against power of Territory to ex-
clude slavery, 415, 416; Lincoln's denial of

its correct construction of the Constitu-
tion in Dred Scott case, 417; power to
enforce slavery in free States, 420, 421;
decision that Congress has power to char-
ter a national bank, 421; Jefferson's and
Jackson's position on binding political
authority of decisions of, 421, 446, 447, 455;
interrogatory propounded to Douglas by
Lincoln as to his acquiescing in a pos-
sible decision of, 445-448, 459, 460; Douglas
charges Lincoln with attempting to bring
the Court into disrepute, 454, 455; the
court of last resort, 455, 472; constituted
to expound the Constitution, 473; effect
of Territorial "unfriendly legislation
on decisions of, 566, 567; decision of con-
stitutional questions by, II, 5; vacancies
on the bench, 97; case of the "New Alma-
den" mine, 393; S. P. Chase nominated
for chief justice of, 616. See also DRED
SCOTT DECISION.

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United States Treasury, embarrassments of,
consequent on Mexican war, I, 124; Jef-
ferson's proposed application of surplus,
127; Gen. Cass's drafts on, 144, 145; provi-
sion for purchase of slaves by, 148; plunder
of, by Democratic partizans, 636; diffi-
culty over filling the second and fifth audi-
torships, II, 68; business of the, 96; report
of the Third Auditor of, 147; receipts and
disbursements of, for fiscal year 1861-62,
265; balance in, July 1, 1862, 265; attempted
resignation of Secretary Chase, 282; to
issue $100,000,000, 300, 301; vacancy in the
second comptrollership, 340; deposit of pri-
vate funds in, 382; successful operations
of, 448; fiscal statement, 448, 449; reports
of Secretary of, 449, 607-609; question of
Secretary Chase's resignation, 490; finan-
cial schemes of, 523; resignation of Secre-
tary Chase, 540; David Tod nominated as
Secretary, 540; trade regulations of, 553,
554, 580, 581; W. P. Fessenden Secretary
of, 569; regulations of, concerning pur-
chase of products of insurrectionary
States, 579-581; appointment of agents for
purchase of products of insurrectionary
States, 580; satisfactory condition of, 609;
trade permits, 659.

United States Treasury agents, bonds and
compensation of, II, 476.

United States troops, resistance to their
passage through Maryland, II, 164.
United States volunteers, appointment of
Gen. Lane, II, 72.

United States War Department, message
from, II, 8; to issue orders for mobiliza-
tion of militia, 34; General Orders of, 43;
resignation of Secretary Cameron from,
114, 115; consideration of cases of military
prisoners, 127; question between Gov.
Gamble and, as to status of Missouri
troops, 260; disbursements of, fiscal year
1861-62, 265; appropriates the Duff Green
building, 289; reports of Secretary of, 449,
609; order from, regarding Methodist
churches, 481.

Upshur County, Va., excepted from insur-
rection proclamation, II, 195.
Urbana, Va., Gen. McClellan's plans for
movement of troops to, II, 120.

Usher, John P., indorses J. A. Wright for
Terre Haute district, II, 218; letter to, re-
garding Illinois claims on public lands,

395.

Usury, opinion on, I, 3.

Utah, acquisition of, I, 184; demand for Ter-
ritorial government, 185; slavery ques-
tion in, 185, 189, 206-208; reply to Douglas
on, 226, 227; polygamy question in, 227; the
Compromise of 1850 and the organization

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of the Territory of, 440, 441; Douglas re-
ports bill for Territorial government, 476.
Utica, N. Y., address at, Feb. 18, 1861, I,
682, 683.

Utley, Col., slaves in his camp, II, 259.

Vache, Island of. See ISLAND OF VACHE.
Vallandigham, C. L., arrested and sent be-
yond military lines, II, 338, 349-351, 361-
363; necessity of his arrest questioned,
342; the President's private position on
arrest of, 351; appeal to the writ of habeas
corpus, 361; candidate for Democratic
nomination for governor of Ohio, 362;
nominated for governor of Ohio, 362, 363;
claims for his release, 362; his arrest no
insult to Ohio, 362; the President's belief
in his responsibility for hindrance to the
military, 362, 363; proposal to grant revo-
cation of the order concerning, 363; to be
watched in Ohio, 535.

Vance, W. L., draft of letter to, Nov. 22, 1862,
II, 257.

Vancouver's Island, the boundary question
of, II, 23.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, presents the Vander-
bilt to the government, II, 209.
Vandever,, indorsement for, regarding
allotment commissioners in Iowa, II, 112.
Van Dyke, John, letter to, I, 219.
Venezuela, commercial and political impor-
tance, II, 574; reception of Minister from,
574; reply to Señor Blas Bruzual, Minister
from, 574; relations with, 604.
Vermont, resolutions relative to slavery
question, passed by Democratic conven-
tion in, 1, 355; Douglas's birthplace, 366;
governor of, requests the President to
call for volunteers, II, 194; signature of pa-
pers for, 220; Presidential election in, 613;
complaint by, concerning the draft, 638,

639.

Veto power, the, I, 134-136, 492, 679.
Vicksburg, Miss., gamblers lynched at, I,
10; purposed junction of Banks and Grant
at, II, 304; inquiry from Gen. Hurlbut for
news from, 318; Grant at, 343; invest-
ment of, 385; fall of, 366, 376, 385; Missouri
troops at, 422; port of, declared closed,

670.

Victoria, Queen, esteem for, II, 302.

Vienna, Va., memorandum about defeat at,

II, 66; movement of Federal troops by, 67.
Villard, -, call from, in relation to the
Pomeroy circular, II, 491.

Virginia, the Lincoln family in, I, 116, 117,
177, 596, 638, 650; interested in Mississippi
River improvements, 125; discussion in
U. S. House of Representatives as to sal-
ary of judge of western, 133, 134; owner-
ship, and cession to Federal government,
of Northwest Territory, 181, 182, 571; slav-
ery in, 192; mulattos in, 234; Supreme
Court of, on the status of negroes, 268;
Jefferson on the gradual extinction of
slavery in, 608, 609; the Hanks family in,
639; Seward looks to, for revival of Union
sentiment, II, 13; hostile action by, to be re-
pelled, 38; no purpose of invasion of, 38;
acts of rebellion in, 39; blockade of ports
of, proclaimed, 39, 412, 670; Major Anderson
ordered to raise troops from western, 43;
repression of Union sentiment in, 58;
State convention on the question of dis-
rupting the Union, 58; movements toward
secession, 58; seizure of arsenal at Har-
per's Ferry by, 57; loyal citizens of, con-
stitute the State, 59; gives a home to in-
surrection,59; probably a majority in favor
of Union, 64; movement of troops into, 67;
forces in western, to act under McClellan,

69; declared in state of insurrection, 15,
195, 285, 288, 321, 322; contemplated move
ment to seize railroad between Tennessee
and, 83; Ohio troops for western, 84;
question of recovering territory from,
for the District of Columbia, 100; cond
tion of loyal citizens in western, 104:
renewal of allegiance in the Peninsula,
104; the President seeks conference with
representatives from, 132; Gen. Anderson
supposed to have entered the valley of
173; defense of western, 178, 179, 183:
troops in, 185; Gen. Scott's views on res
toration of, to the Union, 187; duty of the
Army of Virginia to protect, 188; gover
nor of, requests the President to call for
volunteers, 194; order for seizure of prop
erty, and military employment of "con-
trabands" in, 212; inquiry as to Bragg's
presence in, 230; troops from western, for
Tennessee, 253; development of, 269; ne
cessity of consent of the legislature of, to
separation of West Virginia, 285, 296:
loyal refugees from, 291; question of ex
emption of Eastern Shore of, in Ewane
pation Proclamation, 327; the enemy's
movements in, "on the skewhorn princ
ple," 329; matter of compulsory oath to
be taken on Eastern Shore of, 402; appli
cation of Emancipation Proclamation in,
402, 403; recruiting colored troops in
484; success of the rebellion in, 542: pol-
icy on the Eastern Shore of, of holding
smoky localities responsible for conflag
rations, 591; proposed election on the
Eastern Shore, 620; despatch to Ge
Butler respecting election on the Easter
Shore, 623; probable cessation of resis
tance, 669; limitation of powers of the
called rebel legislature, 676; despatches
to Gen. Weitzel respecting the rebel leg
islature of, 675, 676; Army of, see ARMY
OF VIRGINIA.

Virginia and Tennessee railroad, question
of operations on, II, 153.
Virginia Central railroad, capture by Gen.
Stoneman, II, 167, 168.

Virginia Convention, resolutions of, II,
33; reply to a committee from the, April
13, 1861, 32, 33; action of, 58.
Volunteers, call for 42,034, May 3, 1861, II
41, 42; gratifying result of the call for
58; calls for three-years men, 59; to be
brought forward as rapidly as possible,
69; Buckner commissioned as brigadier
general of, 76; disaffection among, cou
quent on Frémont's liberation of slaves
81; call for 300,000, July 1, 1862, 194; dif-
ference between drafted men and, 21;
penalty of discouraging enlistment et
239; raising regiments of, in New Jersey,
371; to be credited on draft, 399, 425; ex-
piration of term of, 425; call for 300,000
Oct. 17, 1863, 425, 426; meeting at Cooper
Institute, to promote raising of, 441: par
ment of bounties to veteran, 466, 467;
enlistment of veteran, 490; expiration of
commissions in, 524; proclamation call-
ing for 500,000, July 18, 1864, 550, 551; call
for 300,000, Dec. 19, 1864, 617, 618. Bee also
SOLDIERS; TROOPS.
Voss, Arno, I, 354.

"Wachusett," the, captures the Florida,

II, 594.

Wade, B. F., I, 538.
Wadsworth, Brig.-Gen. James S., ap
pointed military governor of District of
Columbia, II, 131; assigned to defend
Washington, 131; sent to Alexandria, 16%
Wainwright, Lieut. Comdg. Jonathan M.,

recommended for thanks of Congress, II,

152.

Wainwright, Comdr. Richard, recom-
mended for thanks of Congress, II, 152.
Wakeman, Abram, letter to, concerning
Confederate commissioners, II, 553; des-
patch to, concerning W. O. Bartlett, 631.
Walborn, C. A., communication to, regard-
ing Fair in Philadelphia, II, 526.
Walker, Fort, capture of, II, 122.
Wallace, Edward, letters to, I, 584, 634.
Wallace, Gen. Lew, telegram to, II, 521;
at Baltimore, 521, 617; reliance on his
discretion, 521; commanding Middle De-
partment, 546; ordered to defense of Bal-
timore, 546; defeated at Monocacy, 547;
instructions to, regarding Waters, 617-619.
Wallace, William, letter to, I, 667.
Wallace, Dr. William S., I, 584, 634; recom-
mendation of, for pension agent, 155.
Walter,, appeal for mercy denied, II,

401.

Walthall, Brig. E. C., reported killed at
Chickamauga, II, 412.

Ward, Gen. F. T., death of, in China, II, 309.
Ward, Capt. James H., opinion on provision-
ing Fort Sumter, II, 16.

Ward, Mrs., desires to take the oath and
return to St. Louis, II, 514.
Waring,, question of his reoccupation
of his property, II, 601.
War-making power, I, 111, 112.

War of 1812, cost of, I, 32; bounty lands for
volunteers of, 116; Clay's position on, 171,
172; ratification of the treaty of peace, II,
351; the draft in, 391.

War of Independence, the, II, 51.
Warren, W. B., letter to, I, 153, 154.
Warren, Maj.-Gen. Gouverneur K., engage-
ment at Bristow Station, II, 428.
Warrenton, Va., Burnside draws up plan of
movement at, II, 294; interview between
Halleck and Burnside at, 295; Meade at,
401.

Warwick River, proposed operations on, II,

142.

Washburn, Gen. C. C., leave of absence for,
II, 430; at Memphis, 589; advised of prob-
able Confederate raid into Kentucky, 589.
Washburn, Israel, Jr., fears regarding his
election as governor of Maine, I, 649, 650;
governor of Maine, telegram to, II, 78;
requests the President to call for volun-
teers, 194; letter to, 198; tendered the col-
lectorship at Portland, Me., 430; to con-
sider the matter of organization of House
of Representatives, 433.

Washburne, E. B., letters to, I, 118, 210-215,
235-238, 637, 650, 658, 660, II, 430, 461; signs
call for Whig Convention at Springfield,
1851, I, 167; resolutions of nominating con-
vention at Rockford, 320, 321; opposed to
admission of slave States, 366; candidate
for Congress in Galena district, 404, 405;
pledged against admission of more slave
States, 453; interview with, II, 90; letter
to, referring to second Presidential term,
430; communication to, regarding resolu-
tion of thanks and medal for Gen. Grant,

461.

Washington, George, I, 283, 286, 569, 612, 629,
672, 675, 677, 693; reverence for, 15; on con-
stitutionality of a national bank, 30, 74,
136; cost of his administration, 32; the
glory of, 63, 64; position on slavery, 291,
292, 615; signs the bill to enforce the Ordi-
nance of 1787, 600, 627; warning against
sectionalism, 606, 627; Farewell Address
of, 606, 627, II, 126; hope for a confederacy
of free States, I, 624; expresses views on
slavery to Lafayette, 627; the first lieuten-

ant-general of the U. S. army, II, 37; one
of the framers of the Constitution, 64;
celebration of his birthday, 1862, 126;
hardships suffered by, 224; words quoted
from, regarding vice and immorality, 254.
Washington, D. Č., local benefit from public
offices in, I, 126; provision for abolition
of slavery in, 148, 149; slave-trade in, 185;
Douglas's organ in, 624; frauds and cor-
ruption at, 636; reply to mayor of, Feb. 27,
1861, 694; reply to serenade at, Feb. 28,
1861, 694, 695; naval preparations at, II,
25; the bringing of troops to, 36; defense
of, 38, 119, 130, 131, 141, 142, 154, 164, 187, 188,
190, 193, 197, 229, 244, 283, 295, 303, 365, 409,
546, 547, 575; military line between Phila-
delphia and, 39; military line between
New York and, 54; line to be established
between Manassas and, 69; the enemy
within sound of, 83; headquarters of the
army at, 88; ignorance at, of difficulties
in Missouri, 113; besieged, 124; danger of
its sack, 142; question of calling McClel-
lan to defense of, 161; put in a state of
siege, 164; establishment of communica-
tion between New York and, 165; trans-
portation on the Rappahannock from, 176;
Gen. Pope in charge at, 188; Halleck's
troops ordered to Richmond by way of,
189; peril of, 190; Gen. Keyes's anticipa-
tions of attack on, 202; address at a Union
meeting in, Aug. 6, 1862, 219, 220; con-
struction of railroads concentrating
upon, 303; possibility of raids toward, 322;
A. H. Stephens not to be allowed to visit,
364; invitation to J. H. Hackett to visit,
393; returned colonists from Island of
Vache to be brought to, 477; Halleck gen-
eral-in-chief at, 430; camps for negroes
around, 477; the President's sojourn at
the Soldiers' Home at, 480; Massachusetts
desires to bring negroes through, 484;
question of Gen. Davidson's going to, 489;
remarks on closing a Sanitary Fair in, 500,
501; McClellan at, 510; city government
of, appeals to the President in behalf of
Henderson, 537; New York militia called
to, 541; the enemy moving on, 546; rumors
of Longstreet's moving on, 547; interrup-
tion of communication between Gen.
Grant and, 555; John W. Forney invited
to, 556; attempted mission of A. H. Steph-
ens to, 560; Gen. Schurz ordered to report
at, 561; salute to be fired at arsenal and
navy-yard, 572, 573; services of the Ohio
national guard in defense of, 575; sere-
nade by loyal Marylanders in, 586; invita-
tion to Gen. Logan to visit, 596, 597; the
capitol, 612; Gen. Butler summoned to,
628; attempted escape of ex-Senator
Foote from Richmond to, 628.
Washington, N. C., port of, declared closed,
II, 670.

Washington County, Ky., the Lincoln fam-
ily in, I, 117.

Washingtonian Temperance Society, ad-
dress before, I, 57-64.

Washington Territory, question of slavery
in Territorial Act, I, 207, 208; provisions
of act of admission, 208; convention for
adjustment of Territorial claims submitted
to the U. S. Senate, II, 445.
Watauga, residence of Isaac Lincoln, I,
117, 639; Thomas Lincoln's early life at,
639.
Waterbury, Judge-Adv.-Gen., report of, re-
garding draft in New York, II, 386.
Waterloo, Ill., meeting of the Free Democ-
racy at, I, 338, 404.

Waters, Levin A., case of, II, 617-619.
Watson, B. A., letter to, II, 341.

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INDEX

Watson, P. H., Assistant Secretary of War,
letter to, II, 328.

Watterman, Henry, signs call for Whig
Convention at Springfield, 1851, I, 167.
Wayne County, Va., excepted from insur-
rection proclamation, II, 195.

Webb, David, applicant for appraisership
at New York, ÎÏ, 46.

Webb, E. B., signer of Whig circular, I, 47.
Webb, Gen. J. W., offered Ministry at Con-
stantinople, II, 43.

Weber, George, supports Lincoln for Sen-
ate, I, 521.

Weber, George R., letter to, II, 341.
Weber, John, supports Lincoln for Senate,
I, 521.

Webster, Daniel, I, 272, 278, 322, 335, 398, 400,
686; family loss in Mexican war, 146; hero
of the Whig Party, 336; defended Compro-
mise measures of 1850, 322, 398, 399, 475, 477.
Webster, Col. J. D., report of, concerning
waterways in Illinois, II, 267.
Webster, Thomas, answer to, regarding sit-
uation at Philadelphia, II, 230, 231.
Webster County, Ky., matter of refunding
money collected in, II, 308.

Webster County, Va., excepted from insur-
rection proclamation, II, 195.

Weed, Thurlow, letters to, I, 648, 659, 669,
II, 308, 424, 425, 504, 661; connection with
dispensation of patronage in New York,
I, 669; recommends Christopher Adams
for position in Bureau of Construction, II,
44; valedictory to the patrons of the Al-
bany "Evening Journal," 308; irritated
because his suggestions not followed, 504;
compliments the President on his inaugu-
ral address, 661.

"Weehawken," the, U. S. ironclad, engage-
ment with the Atlanta, II, 456, 457.
Weimer, John M., II, 514.

Weitzel, Maj.-Gen., at Richmond, II, 669,
675, 676; instructions to, regarding rebel
legislature of Virginia, 669, 675, 676.
Welles, Gideon, suggested for Cabinet po-
sition, I, 661; Secretary of the Navy, opin-
ion on Fort Sumter, II, 17, 18, 26, 27; let-
ters to, 24, 25, 291, 326, 327, 462, 463; order
to, May 11, 1861, 46; consulted as to Gen.
Gillmore's proposition of independent
service, 462, 463; matter of dismissal of
Henderson, 537.

Welling, J. C., letter to, regarding resigna-
tion of Gibson, II, 554.

Wentworth, John, I, 323, 341, 365, 403; on Gen.
Cass's candidacy, 138; supposed aspira-
tions for governorship, 239; supports
Trumbull, 338.

Westcott, Edward J., difficulties at New-
bern, N. C., II, 318.

West Point Military Academy, jealousy of
officers from, II, 359, 360.

West Virginia, movements to protect, II,
181; act for admission of, 283; constitu-
tionality of its admission, 283; expediency
of its admission, 283, 286, 287; the Presi-
dent's opinion on the admission of, 285-
287; excepted from declaration of States
in rebellion, 285, 288, 322; proclamation ad-
mitting into the Union, April 20, 1863, 326;
admission of, 326, 620; threatened inroads
of the enemy into, 353; call for troops
from, 353; request to governor of, to send
returns of Presidential election, 602;
Presidential election in, 613.
Wetmore, Prosper M., on committee of
meeting at Cooper Institute, to promote
raising of volunteers, II, 441; letter to,
Dec. 2, 1863, 441, 442.
Wetzel County, Va., excepted from insur-
rection proclamation, II, 195.

Wheeler, B. G., signs call for Whig Conve
tion at Springfield, 1851, I, 167.
Whig Party, position on Subtreasury
scheme, I, 21, 22; difference between Vai
Buren party and, 35; prospects in
nois, 1840, 40; advice to, regarding conver
tions, 72; meeting at Springfield, EL,
March 1, 1843, 72; recommended to c
test elections regardless of chances of
success, 72, 76; address to people of
nois, March 4, 1843, 72-79; demand a nation
al bank, 74; Democratic attacks on. 3;
recommends convention system of nom
nating candidates, 76, 77; factions in."",
147; effect of Gen. Harrison's death on, ?:
its position in 1843, 78, 79; victory of 14
78; a majority of the nation, 79; honest
in, 81; Congressional caucus, Dec. 4, 14,
96; majority in U. S. House of Represen
tatives, 96; favor Gen. Taylor for Pres
dency, 118; position on Texas boundary,
133; believes in self-government, 139; pe
sition on Mexican war, 110, 132, 145, 1
643; losses in Mexican war, 146; call for
convention at Springfield, Ill., 167; in
dorses Compromise of 1850, 185, 322, 39
399; national policy of, 202; Lincoln's co
nection with, 252, 500, 597; position prie
to 1854, 278; dissolution of, 279; alleged
plan of Lincoln to Abolitionize, 279, 24,
461; alleged deal of Lincoln to sell out,
287; on common platform with Demo
cratic Party on slavery, 322; Douglas's
view of its course and principles in Jones
boro joint debate, 335, 336; rule of action
adopted at Convention of 1858, 336; me
bers become Abolitionists, 400; Douglas
charges Lincoln with attempt to decere
the, 468; alliances with Democrats, 4.
Douglas on the, 514, 515; supports Jackson
in Nullification times, 515; convention
at Philadelphia in 1847, 515; members
against Lincoln's party, 521; defeated
tariff question, 584.

Whig State Convention of Illinois, 1840, dir-
cular of, I, 38, 39.

Whig State Convention, 1841, representation
at, I, 53, 54.

White, C. A., letter to, II, 360-363.
White, Hugh L., support of, I, 7.
White, J. W., letters to, II, 208, 360-363
White House, Va., Stoneman driven back
on, II, 191; communication with McCle
lan by, cut off, 191; limit to enemy's ad
vance, 192; removal of sick and wounded
from, 192; condition of affairs at, 150:
question of communication with, 193
White men, slave labor an injury to, 1, 63,
619; Lincoln's position as between
groes and, 614; no struggle between
groes and, 614, 621, 622; Douglas's views
as regards negroes and, 620-622; effect of
slavery on, II, 223.
White Plains, Gen. Geary at, II, 161; firing
near, 356.

Whiteside, Brig.-Gen. S., I, 4, 5.
Whitesides, Gen., connection with Shields
Lincoln duel, I, 69-71; Shields's second in
Butler affair, 71; challenges Merryman, 1
Whitney, letter to, I, 219.
Wickliffe, C. A., governor of Kentucky, II,
135; interrogates the President as to co
stitutionality of scheme of emancipation
by purchase, 135; defeated for governer
ship, 382.

Wiegand, Charles, matter of appointment
to command of a brigade, II. $17.
Wilcox, Gen., at Cumberland Gap, IL, 441;
reports fighting at Knoxville, 441.
Wilcox, Maj.-Gen., C. M., correspondence,
etc., relating to the meeting of the Presi

dent with Confederate commissioners at
Hampton Roads, II, 642.
Wilder, A. C., demands removal of Gen.
Schofield, II, 401; telegram to, 401.
Wildman, Frederick S., II, 226.

Wilkes, Capt. Charles, tentative disavowal
of his action, II, 108; action in regard to
the Trent, 110, 113, 117, 120, 127, 128. See
also "TRENT" AFFAIR.
Williams,

sends Mackinaw trout to
the President, II, 635.
Williams, Archibald, I, 282, 341, 403; letters
to, 118, 122; presents resolutions on death
of Judge Pope, 161; indorses Lincoln's
fee-bill against Illinois Central R. R. Co.,

219.

Williams, E. B., I, 354.

Williams, Lt.-Col. J. M., colonel of colored
troops in Kansas, request by the gover-
nor for his removal, II, 328.

Williams, John, correspondence with, II,
341, 426, 588, 589; telegram to, regarding
withdrawal of troops from East Tennes-
see, 426.

Williams, Overton, estate of, I, 110.
Williamsburg, question of communication
between White House and, II, 193.
Williamson, Elizabeth, I, 64.
Williamson, Hugh, votes for prohibition of
slavery in Northwest Territory, I, 600.
Williamsport, Banks's retreat to, II, 166,
Maj.-Gen. Banks at, 170, 171, 174; Jackson
crosses the Potomac at, 233; the enemy
crossing the Potomac at, 353, 367; Lee's
position near, 367; possibilities of Meade's
action with Lee at, 377.

Willich, Gen., news brought in by, II, 334.
Wilmington, N. C., expedition to, II, 623,
627; port of, declared closed, 670.
Wilmot, David, author of the Wilmot Pro-
viso, I, 184.

Wilmot Proviso, Gen. Taylor's position on,
I, 136, 138; origin of, 184; Lincoln's votes
for, 218, 515; Lovejoy's resolutions in re-
gard to, 325; application claimed by the
Republican Party, 337; indorsed by con-
vention at Naperville, 354.
Wilson, Charles L., I, 236-238.
Wilson, Gen. Edwin C., letter to, I, 666.
Wilson, Henry, I, 317; ÍI, 234.

Wilson, James, case against Campbell, I, 96.
Wilson, J. L., signs call for Whig Conven-
tion at Springfield, 1851, I, 167.
Wilson, Maj., murder of, II, 600.
Wilton, Henry, complaint of partizanship
against, I, 51, 52.

Winchester, Ill., Douglas's early life in, I.

281.

Winchester, Va., reinforcements for Man-
assas from, II, 116; Banks's position near,
142; inquiry regarding Confederate move-
ments near, 158; fighting between Banks
and Ewell near, 160; Banks at, 160, 177;
danger of sudden attack at, 161; danger to
Banks's stores and trains at, 161; Banks's
retreat to, 162; Banks's race with the Con-
federates for, 163; Banks defeated at, 163;
Ewell and Jackson near, 168; Confederate
operations near, 169; Jackson between
Charlestown and, 169; danger to Frémont
from enemy at, 171; estimate of Confed-
erate force at, 171; Jackson's force at, 171;
Confederate position near, 173; Shields's
engagement near, 174; orders to Frémont
regarding movement toward, 179; Sigel
at, 179, 183; task of keeping Jackson from
returning to, 180; McClellan recommended
to fight at, 246; condition of railroad from
Harper's Ferry to, 246; McClellan's diff-
culties in subsisting his army at, 246; Gen.
Schenck ordered to Milroy's relief at, 352;

inquiry addressed to Hooker concerning
Ewell's position at, 352; Milroy sur-
rounded at, 352; communication with
Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry cut off,
352; in possession of the enemy, 353; be-
sieged, 353; Gen. Milroy's defeat at, 359;
Gen. Milroy ordered to retreat to Harper's
Ferry from, 359; Halleck's fears for safety
of Milroy's division at, 430; loss of Milroy's
division near, 430, 431; Sheridan's victory
at, 578; Maj.-Gen. Hancock at, 664.
Winslow, Capt. John A., recommended for
thanks of Congress, II, 603.

Winston, F. S., letter to, July 14, 1862, II,
208.

Winston, Dr., desires to go to General
Grant, II, 523.

Winthrop, R. C., nominated for Speaker of
House of Representatives, I, 96.

Wirt County, Va., excepted from insurrec-
tion proclamation, II, 195.

Wisconsin, proposed cession of Illinois ter-
ritory to, I, 39; opposed to Clay, 118; re-
marks in U. S. House of Representatives,
May 11, 1848, on admission to Union, 118-
120; interested in Mississippi River im-
provements, 125; formed from Northwest-
ern Territory, 181, 549; admission of, 182,
549; influence of Ordinance of 1787 on, 565;
early ownership of, 571; lack of U. S. cir-
cuit court in, II, 98; governor of, requests
the President to call for volunteers, 194;
a "slate" for, 211; development of, 269;
offer of troops from, 514, 515; national
thanks to hundred-day troops of, 583; re-
quest to governor of, to send returns of
Presidential election, 602; Presidential
election in, 613.

Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, ad-
dress before, at Milwaukee, I, 576-584.
Wisconsin troops under Frémont, II, 84.
Wofford, Brig., killed at Chickamauga, II,
412.

Wolf, Maj., sentenced to death in retali-
ation, II, 600.

Wolford, Col. Frank, despatch to, concern-
ing order of judge-advocate-general, II,
558.

Woman suffrage, opinion on, I, 7.
Woman's work, on, I, 525.

Women, Lincoln's feelings toward, I, 16;
ministrations to wounded soldiers, II,
440; question of their passing the lines,

500.

Women of America, II, 500, 501.
Wood, Fernando, letter from, regarding
overtures from the South, II, 280, 281; let-
ter to, 280, 281.

Wood, Lieut.-Col., objections to his being
made brigadier-general, II, 83.
Wood, John T., letter to, I, 667.
Woodbury, Levi, Secretary of Treasury, I, 23.
Woodbury's Brigade, under McClellan's or-
ders, II, 142.

Wood County, Va., excepted from insur-
rection proclamation, II, 195.

Woodruff, T., indorsement of letter of, II,
325.

Wool, Gen. John E., letters to, on preserva-
tion of the Union, I, 666; acting with Mc-
Clellan, II, 142, 143; telegram from Secre-
tary Stanton, 148; at Fortress Monroe,
148; the President with, 149; the road to
Richmond open to, 152; in communication
with Burnside, 152; sent to Fort McHenry,
174; his department merged into McClel-
lan's, 174; question of putting him under
McClellan's control, 180, 181; troops from,
for McClellan, 181; troops of, 197; at Balti-
more, 230; inquiry of, concerning Har
per's Ferry and Bragg, 230.

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