Union League Clubs, II:272.
United States Sanitary Commission
Fair, II:205.
Upton, General Emory, I:163.
Usher, J. P., at Gettysburg, II:192;
story of Grant receiving his com-
mission, 234; on Grant receiving
his commission, 235; at death of
Lincoln, 348.
Vallandigham, Clement G., II:276
seq.
Van Bergen, Peter, I:188-189.
Van Buren, Martin, visit to Illinois,
I:245; succeeded Jackson, 272;
Free-soil candidate, 339.
Vandalia, state capital of Illinois,
I:191.
Van Tyne, Prof. C. H., II:469.
Varioloid, Lincoln suffers,
something he can give to every
one," II:51.
Vestiges of Creation, II:460.
Vicksburg, capture of, II:186, 232.
Vincent, General Thomas M., II:346,
471.
Vineyard, Mrs. Jesse. See Owens,
Mary.
Virginia, Confederate ram, see Mer-
"Virginia John” Lincoln, I:26.
Virgin's Grove camp meeting, I:310.
Volk, Leonard, sculptor, 1:310;
II:425.
Voltaire's definition of history, I:84.
Wade, Benjamin F., II:83, 155, 167,
Walch, Hadley H., II:469.
Wallace, General Lew, II:353.
Wallace, Dr. William S., I:466;
II:46-47.
Walton, Matthew, I:29.
Ward, Artemus, (Charles Brockden
Brown), II:391, 407.
Warnick, Major John, I:141, 142,
143, 144, 145.
Warnick, Mary or Polly, I:141-145.
Warren, Rev. Louis A., I:13, 28, 30,
32, 76, 92.
Washburne, Elihu B., on Lincoln in
Congress, I:283; Lincoln's letter in
December, 1860, 460; met Lincoln
on arrival in Washington, 475; cor-
respondence with Lincoln, II:60;
bill to create office of lieutenant-
general for Grant, 232.
Washington, George, opposed slavery,
I:269.
Watkins, Thomas, I:189.
Wayland, John W., I:27.
Weber, Mrs. Jessie Palmer, I:143.
Webster's Speller, 1:86, 120.
Webster, Daniel, helped defeat Lin-
coln for land office, I:294; death,
328; on national unity, II:56.
Weed, Thurlow, at River and Harbor
Convention, I:279; at Chicago
Convention of 1860, 429; Critten-
den Compromise, 455 seq.; on Lin-
coln's mood in winter of 1860, 462;
request for pardon for a spy,
II:268; Lincoln's proposal to Gov-
ernor Seymour, 305.
Weems' Life of Washington and
of Franklin, I:121, 472.
Weik, Jesse W., I:259, 264, 327;
II:448.
Weldon, Lawrence, I:343, 445, 446.
Welles, Hon. Gideon, II:19, 22; ap-
pointed secretary of the navy, 37;
on emancipation, 144 seq.; con-
cerning Lincoln at last Cabinet
meeting, 338; on Lincoln's dream,
339; at death of Lincoln, 348;
Johnson's first Cabinet meeting,
351.
Welton, Louis A., II :268.
West Point graduates, depised by
volunteer soldiers, but won the war,
II:165.
West Virginia, admission to Union,
II:329.
Whig, why did Lincoln become?,
I:150.
Whisky Rebellion, II:55.
White, Alexander, 1:177.
White, Charles T., II:450.
White, Horace, on Lincoln's speech
in 1854, I:342; on "Lost Speech,"
360; reported Lincoln-Douglas de-
bates, 389.
White, Hugh L., I:272.
White, Richard, I:40.
White, Richard Grant, II:24, 442.
White, Sarah. See Hanks, Sarah
White.
Whitewater, Wisconsin, I:178.
Whitman, Walt, II:365.
Whitney, Eli, and the cotton gin,
I:267.
Whitney, Henry C., I:141, 358.
Whitesides, General, I:177.
"Whole-hog" Democrats, I:202.
"Wide-Awakes," I:411.
Wigwam at Chicago convention,
I:425.
Wilkes, Captain Charles, II:115 seq.
Willard Hotel, Washington, II:5.
William the Conqueror, I:157; II:4.
Wills, Judge, of Gettysburg, II:192.
Wilmot, David, and his proviso,
1:285, 287; temporary chairman
National Convention of 1860, 427.
Wilson, David Alec, quoted, I:8.
Wilson, Henry, with Free-soil move-
ment, 1:288, 299; on Thirteenth
Amendment, 323.
Wilson, R. L., I:205.
Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow, II:409.
Winter of the Deep Snow, I:143.
Winthrop, Robert C., I:280, 289, 298.
Wise, D. W., II:156.
Wood, Fernando, I:471.
Wood, William, I:136.
Wood, W. S., I:466.
World, New York, published Howard
forgery, II:286.
Wycliffe's Bible, II:208.
Yankee Doodle, official musical end-
ing of state receptions, II:42.
Yates, Richard, on Lincoln as a law-
student, I:194, 466; II:272.
Young, Mary, 1:57.
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