lan among the soldiers at, i. 570; measures taken for
the safety of after General Banks' retreat down the
Shenandoah valley, ii. 258; necessity for the protection
of, ii. 383, 384, 399; threatened by the approach of
General Early's forces to, iii. 373.
Washington, N. C., occupation of by a Federal force, ii.
76; Lieutenant Murray's report of an expedition
against (note), ii. 169; surprised by a rebel force, ii.
521; investment of by General Hill, iii. 74; movement
of Union troops for the relief of, iii. 75-77; siege of
raised by the rebels, iii. 77; evacuation of by the Fed-
eral garrison, iii. 329; plundered and left in ashes by
the retreating troops, iii. 330.

Washington, Colonel John A., killed at the battle of
Cheat Mountain, i. 507.

Waterloo Bridge, Va., General Pope's operations at, ii.
395-397.

his raid against Sherman's communications, iii. 404;
defeated by General Kilpatrick at Waynesboro, iii. 544.
Wheeling, convention held at, adverse to secession, i. 239;
appeal of to the people of Western Virginia, i. 239; fast
kept at, i. 243; convention reassembled at, i. 299.
White, General, commendation of by General Pope, ii.
17; conduct of at Harper's Ferry, ii. 466-468.
White, Major Frank J., raid of to Lexington and Warren-
burg, Mo., i. 461.

White House, Va., McClellan's headquarters at, ii. 237.
White Oak Swamp, passage of by McClellan's troops, ii.
311, 318, 319; Confederate account of the action at, ii.
332; White River expedition under Captain Kilty and
Colonel Fitch, ii. 269.

"Wide Awakes," processions of in 1860, i. 19.
Wigfall, Senator, singular visit of to Fort Sumter, during
Beauregard's bombardment, i. 149.

Waynesboro, battle of, iii. 641.

Weber, General, at Antietam, ii. 442.

Weehawken, monitor, sunk at the entrance of Charleston
harbor, iii. 275.

Weitzel, reconnoissance of toward Richmond, iii. 508; in-
structions of for the Fort Fisher expedition, iii. 577; his
opinion as to the practicability of carrying Fort Fisher
by assault, iii. 583.

Weldon Railroad, movements of General Grant's forces
against, iii. 445, 447-449; the City Point Railroad ex-
tended to, iii. 479; series of battles for the possession
of the, iii. 472-478; General Warren's and other expe-
ditions against, iii. 513-515.

Welles, Gideon, biographical sketch of, i. 127; appointed
secretary of the navy in President Lincoln's cabinet, i.
122; remarks on his report of December, 1862, ii. 630.
Wessels, General H. W., his defence of Plymouth, iii. 328.
Western Virginia, undoubted loyalty of, i. 53; social and
geographical characteristics of, i. 237; few slaves in, i.
238; disputes of with Eastern Virginia in relation to
taxation, i. 238; delegates from to the Richmond Con-
vention opposed to secession, i. 239; convention held
in, at Wheeling adverse to secession, i. 239; appeal ad-
verse to secession addressed to the people of, i. 239–243;
formation of military companies in, i. 243; action of
the people of in favor of the Union, i. 237-243; pro-
ceedings of the Convention held in, i. 299; first mes-
sage of the provisional governor of, F. H. Pierpont, i.
300; Secretary Cameron on the affairs of, i. 300-304;
appeal of Governor Letcher to the people of, i. 304;
Confederate force sent to invade, i. 332; operations of
General McClellan in, i. 332-343; admitted into the
Union as a new State, ii. 633; partisan warfare in, iii.
168-74; operations of General Averill in, iii. 273; mil-
itary operations in at the beginning of 1864, iii. 332,
333; operations of Generals Sigel and Hunter in, iii.
365-370.

Westfield, destruction of the, at Galveston, ii. 601.
West Point, Miss., battle of, iii. 306.

Westport, battle of, iii. 520.

Whaley, Colonel R. V., surprised by Confederate cavalry
at Guyandotte, W. Va., i. 510.

Wheeler, General, Union wagon train captured by, aided
by Forrest, iii. 231; routed by General Crook, iii. 233;

"Wilderness," the battles of the, iii. 343-345.
Wilkes, Captain, details of his seizure of Mason and Sli-
dell on the English mail steamer Trent, i. 626-629;
banquet given to in Boston, i. 630; public opinion in
England and America in relation to the conduct of, i.
631; action of disavowed by the American government,
i. 633; dispatches of Mr. Seward in relation to the con-
duct of (notes), i. 631, 633-640; dispatches of Earl Rus-
sell (notes), i. 632, 643-647; dispatch of the French min-
ister, Thouvenel (note), i. 641, 642.

Williamsburg, Va., battle of, ii. 219-227.
Williams, General, his defence of Baton Rouge, ii. 377-
380; death of, ii. 380.

Wilmington, series of operations resulting in the surren-
der of, iii. 575-595; large illicit trade carried on at, iii.
575; natural obstacles to the effectual blockade of, iii.
575, 576; land and naval forces organized to operate
against, ii. 577; General Grant's instructions for the
commander of the land forces (note), iii. 577; descrip-
tion of the forts at the entrances of Cape Fear River,
iii. 578, 579; account of the powder-boat and its explo-
sion, iii. 580, 581; Admiral Porter's bombardment of
the forts, iii. 581, 582; unsuccessful operations of the
land forces, iii. 582, 583; correspondence between Gen-
eral Butler and Admiral Porter, iii. 583, 584; second
series of operations against the forts, resulting in their
capture by assault, iii. 585-591; operations resulting in
the capture of Fort Anderson, iii. 591--593; ascent of
Cape Fear River by the fleet, iii. 594; occupation of the
city by Generals Cox and Terry, iii. 595.
Wilmot proviso, voted for by Abraham Lincoln when in
Congress, i. 16.

Wilson, Captain, cannon brought off by at Big Bethel, i.
280.

Wilson, General, cavalry expedition of against the Wel-
don and Danville railroads, iii. 451-455; his pursuit of
of Hood after his rout from Nashville, iii. 567; details
of his great cavalry raid through the South, iii. 622-631;
force under his command, iii. 622; the order of march,
iii. 623; Cuxton's brigade detached, iii. 623; the ene-
my's movements, iii. 624; rout of Forrest's command
near Plantersville, iii. 625; Selma taken by assault, iii.
626; bridge constructed over the Alabama River, iii.
627; the surrender of Montgomery, iii. 628; Columbus
taken by assault, iii. 629; capture of Fort Tyler, iii.

629; occupation of Macon, iii. 630; account of Gene-
ral Cuxton's march, iii. 630; vast amount of property
destroyed, iii. 631.

Wilson's Creek, Major Sturgis' account of the battle at, i.
435-440; General Sigel's account, i. 440; killed and
wounded at, i. 442.

Winchester, General Shields' report of the first battle of,
ii. 121-125; killed and wounded at (note), ii. 125;
General Banks attacked by Jackson's forces at, ii. 255;
defeat of Early by General Averill near, iii. 373; de-
cisive defeat of Early at by General Sheridan, iii. 489.
Winder, General J. H., his conduct in relation to prisoners
of war at Andersonville, iii. 685.

Winslow, Captain, biographical sketch of, iii. 426; account
of his fight with the Alabama, iii. 428-431.
Winthrop, Major Theodore, biographical sketch of, i. 281;
death of at Big Bethel, i. 279, 280.
Winton, N. C., expedition against, ii. 68.

Wirz, Captain Henry, biographical sketch of, iii. 685;
trial and execution of, iii. 686.

Wise, Colonel O. Jennings, made prisoner at the capture
of Roanoke Island, ii. 66.

Wise, Governor, in command of Confederate troops in the
Kanawha valley, i. 332; Gen. Cox sent to check, i. 333.
Wistar, General, his unsuccessful attempt to capture Rich-
mond by surprise, iii. 333.

Wright, General, in the attack on James Island, ii. 284.
Wright, Major Frank, exploits of near Lebanon and at
Linn Creek, i. 463, 465.

Wyman, Colonel, killed in an attack on Vicksburg, ii. 574.
Wytheville, Va., destruction effected at by General Stone-
man, iii. 525.
Y.

Yancey, Mr. sent as commissioner to England by the
Confederate States, i. 372.

Yazoo City, expeditions against, ii. 677, 679.
Yazoo Pass, attempt of General Grant to make use of the,
ii. 642.

Yazoo River, operations of Colonel Woods and Commo-
dore Davis on the, ii. 377; made by General Sherman
his base of operations against Vicksburg, ii. 569.
Yellow Book, the French, disclosures of, iii. 621.
York River, movement of General Franklin on the, ii. 228.
Yorktown, advance of General McClellan toward, ii. 131;
siege of by McClellan, ii. 212-218; position of the
Federal force, ii. 212; the cannonade opened, ii. 213;
force of the enemy, ii. 214; unsuccessful assault, ii.
216; siege battery got into position, ii. 217; unexpected
evacuation by the Confederates, ii. 218; large number
of torpedoes found in the city, ii. 218.

Z.

275.

Woods, Colonel, operations of on the Yazoo River, ii. 377.
Wool, General, how far responsible for the loss of Harper's
Ferry, ii. 472.

Women Order of General Butler at New Orleans, ii. 288;
Beauregard's address in relation to (note), ii. 288.

by the troops of (note), i. 511.
Zollicoffer, General Felix K., biographical sketch of, ii.
22; letter of to Governor Magoffin in relation to his
occupation of Cumberland Gap, i. 491; defeat of at
Camp Wild Cat, by General Schoepf, ii. 8; reinforced at
Cumberland Gap, ii. 6; death of, ii. 20 (note), and 21.