.

Washington, D. C., C sympathizers,

;

    measures for defence,

,

;

    N troops arrive,

;

    Peninsular campaign,

;

    threatened by Early,

.

——, N. C.,

,

;

    battle,

.

Washington College, Va., threatened by Hunter,

.

Washington in Danger,

.

Waterloo and Gettysburg compared,

.

Waterproof, La., fight,

.

Watkins, Louis D., N b'v't brig.-gen.,

.

Wauhatchie, Tenn., action,

,

.

Waynesboro, Va., action,

;

    engagement,

.

"We are coming, Father Abraham," James Sloane Gibbons,

,

.

Wead, ——, N col., Cold Harbor, Va.,

;

    killed,

.

Weatherby, ——, N lieut., Vicksburg,

.

Webb, Alexander S., N b'v't maj.-gen., Peninsular campaign,

;

    Gettysburg,

,

,

;

    Bristoe Sta., Va.,

;

    Robertson's Tavern,

;

    Spottsylvania,

.

Webster, Fletcher, N col., killed,

;

    port.,

.

——, Joseph D., N b'v't maj.-gen., Shiloh,

,

.

——, ——, N maj., 25th Ohio,

.

Weed, Stephen H., N brig.-gen., killed, Gettysburg,

,

.

Weehawken, N monitor, siege of Charleston,

.

Weekly Spectator, London, Eng.,

.

Weitzel, Godfrey, N maj.-gen., Franklin, La.,

;

    Vermillion Bayou, La.,

;

    port.,

;

    occupies Richmond, Va.,

,

.

Weldon R. R., Va., actions,

,

.

Welles, Gideon, N sec'y of the navy, port.,

;

    49,

.

Wells, George D., N brig.-gen., killed, Cedar Creek, Va.,

.

Wessells, Henry W., N brig.-gen., Plymouth, S. C.,

.

Westfield, N vessel, destroyed, Galveston,

.

West Liberty, Ky., action,

,

.

West Point, Va.,

.

West Tennessee, Army of,

.

West Virginia, admitted to the Union,

;

    formation of,

,

;

    cleared of Confederate troops,

,

;

    3d inf., Bull Pasture Mountain,

;

    7th inf., Blooming Gap,

.

——, Army of, Shenandoah Valley,

;

    7th inf. losses,

.

Wharton, John A., C maj.-gen., Snow Hill, Tenn.,

.

Wheeler, Joseph, C lieut.-gen., Murfreesboro',

;

    port.,

;

    Dover,

;

    Rover, Tenn.,

;

    Fort Donelson,

;

    Vaught's Hill,

;

    Atlanta,

,

;

    Confederate cavalry,

;

    opposes Sherman in S. C.,

.

Wheeling, W. Va.,

,

.

"When Johnny comes marching home," Patrick S. Gilmore,

.

"When this cruel war is over," Charles C. Sawyer,

,

.

Whig, Richmond, quoted,

.

Whilldin, ——, capt.,

.

Whipple, Amiel W., N maj.-gen., killed, Chancellorsville,

,

.

Whitaker, Walter C., N b'v't maj.-gen., Chickamauga,

;

    Lookout Mountain,

.

White, John H., N lieut.-col., port.,

.

——, Julius, N b'v't maj.-gen., Harper's Ferry,

.

——, Mathew X., C capt., murdered,

.

——, ——, N maj., Springfield, Mo.,

,

.

White Oak Swamp, Va., battle,

.

White House, Va., Peninsular campaign,

;

    ill.,

;

    365,

,

.

Whiteside, Tenn., ill. of bridge,

.

Whitestone Hill, Dak., engagement,

.

Whiting, William, quoted on emancipation,

,

.

——, W. H. C., C maj.-gen., Peninsular campaign,

.

Whitney, Eli, cotton-gin,

.

Whittier, John G., from "Brown of Ossawatomie,"

,

;

    port.,

.

Wickham, William C., C brig.-gen., port.,

.

Wickliffe, ——, M. C.,

.

Wiedrick, Michael, N capt., Gettysburg,

.

Wilcox, Cadmus M., C maj.-gen., port.,

;

    Gettysburg,

.

Wilcox's Landing, Va.,

.

Wild, ——, C cav., Warrenton Junction,

.

Wilderness,

,

,