surrender of, July 4 1863, 376, 383;
situation of 381;
operations against, 381-383

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,
proclamation of neutrality, 211;
kindly feelings toward United States, 247

Vienna Station, ambush at, 214

Virginia, State of, passes ordinance of secession, 194;
in the Confederacy, 204;
ratifies Thirteenth Amendment, 475


Wade, Benjamin F., United States senator,
signs Wade-Davis manifesto, 456

Walker, Leroy Pope, Confederate Secretary of War
and brigadier-general, speech at Montgomery, 197

Walker, Robert J., United States senator Secretary
of the Treasury, appointed governor of Kansas, 114;
letter to Buchanan 114, 115;
resigns, 117

Warren, Gouverneur K., brevet major-general United
States army, attacked by Lee, 507

Washburne, Elihu B., member of Congress,
minister to France, meets Lincoln at railway station in Washington, 174

Washington City, cutoff from the North, 194-197;
communication restored, 197;
fortifications of, 208, 209;
threatened by Early, 403;
grand review of Union army in, 527-529

Washington, George, first President of the United States,
rank of lieutenant-general, 393;
size of his armies compared with Lee's, 524;
his place in United States history, 555

Weitzel, Godfrey, brevet major-general United States army,
receives surrender of Richmond, 510;
sets about work of relief, 516

Welles, Gideon, Secretary of the Navy,
appointed Secretary of the Navy, 182;
approves course of Captain Wilkes, 246;
at gathering of officials to discuss news of fight
between Monitor and Merrimac, 296;
refuses to sign cabinet protest, 311, 312;
Lincoln tells him of coming emancipation proclamation, 332

West Virginia, State of, formation of, 200, 201;
true to the Union, 204;
effect on, of McClellan's campaign, 225;
admission to the Union, 418;
slavery in throttled by public opinion, 473

Whig Party, first national convention of, 28;
nominates Henry Clay, 28;
convention of 1860, 143, 144

White, Albert S., member of Congress, United States senator,
judge of District Court of Indiana,
reports bill to aid emancipation in Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, 326

Whitesides, Samuel, general Illinois Volunteers,
reënlists as private in Black Hawk War, 33

Wide Awakes, origin and campaign work of, 155, 156

Wilderness, Virginia, battle of, May 5, 6 1864, 398

Wilkes, Charles, rear-admiral United States navy,
capture of the Trent, 246-249

Wilmington, North Carolina, occupation of, February 22 1865, 525

Wilson, James H., brevet major-general United States army,
cavalry raid, and defeat of Forrest, 524, 525

Wilson's Creek, Missouri, battle of, August 10 1861, 235

Wise, Henry A., minister to Brazil;
governor of Virginia, Confederate brigadier-general desires
Douglas's reëlection to United States Senate, 126;
interview with John Brown, 134

Worden, John L., rear-admiral United States navy,
commands the Monitor, 282

Wright, Horatio G., brevet major-general United States army,
sent to Washington 403;
in recapture of Fort Stedman, 505, 506;
in assault at Petersburg, 508, 509


Yates, Richard, member of Congress, governor of Illinois,
United States senator Lincoln advocates his reëlection, 96;
commissions Grant, 265;
appoints J.F. Jaquess colonel of volunteer regiment, 461

Yorktown, Virginia, siege of, April 5 to May 3 1862, 301


Zollicoffer, Felix K., member of Congress,
Confederate brigadier-general, in eastern Kentucky, 254;
defeated by Thomas, 265