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,
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. 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.
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,
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
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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.
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.,
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.
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,
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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