Vollmer, David, C, killed, Belmont, 122 .
Von Borcke, ——, C, 164 .
Von Gilsa, Leopold, N col., Chancellorsville, 245 .
Voris, Alvin C., N b'v't maj.-gen., Fort Wagner, 291 .
Wabash, N cruiser, 68 , 71 .
Wade, Jennie, killed, Gettysburg, 259 ;
port., 267 , 538 .
——, Mary E., Mrs., port., 533 .
Wadsworth, James S., N b'v't maj.-gen., Gettysburg, 267 ;
killed, Wilderness, 356 , 451 .
Wagner, George D., N brig.-gen., Franklin, Tenn., 427 .
Wagons, army, 504 .
Wainwright, J. M., N comr., killed, Galveston, 348 .
Walke, Henry, N rear-adm., Island No. 10, 99 ;
port., 273 .
Walker, J. Bryant, N capt., Atlanta, 389 .
——, John G., C maj.-gen., Harper's Ferry, 175 ;
port., 177 , 220 .
——, Leroy P., C sec'y of war, port., 26 .
——, W. H. T., C maj.-gen., wounded, Spottsylvania, 362 .
——, ——, C col., Belmont, 122 .
——, ——, imprisoned, 316 .
——, ——, N capt., Atlanta, 389 .
Wallace, Lew, N maj.-gen., Fort Donelson, 77 ;
Crump's Landing, 100 ;
Shiloh, 101-108 ;
port., 104 ;
defence of Washington, 402 , 403 .
——, William H. L., N brig.-gen., Shiloh, 100 , 101 , 481 .
Waller, Francis A., N corp., Gettysburg, 260 .
Wampler, ——, imprisoned, 316 .
Wapping Heights, Va., battle, 333 .
War Democrats, 36 .
—— humor in the South, 459-463 .
—— in the West, 200-214 .
—— songs, 123-139 .
Ward, William T., N b'v't maj.-gen., port., 423 .
Ware, W. W., 349 .
Waring, George E., Jr., N col., Batesville, Ark., 343 .
Warner, ——, N maj., Gettysburg, 266 .
——, ——, C capt., 320 .
Warren, Gouverneur K., N maj.-gen., Big Bethel, 45 ;
2d Bull Run, 169 ;
Gettysburg, 252-265 ;
port., 257 ;
Bristoe Sta., Va., 334 ;
Mine Run, 337 ;
Wilderness, 354 ;
Spottsylvania, 358-361 ;
North Anna, 362 ;
advance on Petersburg, 400 ;
relieved, 445 , 479 .
Warrensburg. Mo., 118 ;
engagement, 230 .
Warrenton, Va., 193-197 .
Warrenton Junction, Va., 168 ;
attacked by Mosby, 331 ;
Grant escapes capture, 375 .
Warrenton Turnpike (Bull Run), 52 , 53 , 55 , 57 , 60 , 167 ;
ill., 172 .
Warrior, English vessel, 87 .
Warwick River, Va., 143 .
Washburne, Elihu B., M. C., tribute to Hancock, 261 , 262 .
Washington, John A., C col., killed at Cheat Mountain, 114 .
——, J. B., C aide, port., 79
.
Washington, D. C., C sympathizers, 19 ;
measures for defence, 20 , 22 ;
N troops arrive, 25 ;
Peninsular campaign, 140-162 ;
threatened by Early, 402-404 .
——, N. C., 67 , 218 ;
battle, 219 .
Washington College, Va., threatened by Hunter, 318 .
Washington in Danger, 402-404 .
Waterloo and Gettysburg compared, 259 .
Waterproof, La., fight, 437 .
Watkins, Louis D., N b'v't brig.-gen., 507 .
Wauhatchie, Tenn., action, 305 , 313 .
Waynesboro, Va., action, 409 ;
engagement, 442 .
"We are coming, Father Abraham," James Sloane Gibbons, 128 , 413 .
Wead, ——, N col., Cold Harbor, Va., 365 ;
killed, 367 .
Weatherby, ——, N lieut., Vicksburg, 279 .
Webb, Alexander S., N b'v't maj.-gen., Peninsular campaign, 150-160 ;
Gettysburg, 257 , 259 , 263 ;
Bristoe Sta., Va., 334 ;
Robertson's Tavern, 336 ;
Spottsylvania, 362 .
Webster, Fletcher, N col., killed, 477 ;
port., 480 .
——, Joseph D., N b'v't maj.-gen., Shiloh, 101 , 108 .
——, ——, N maj., 25th Ohio, 114 .
Weed, Stephen H., N brig.-gen., killed, Gettysburg, 254 , 261 .
Weehawken, N monitor, siege of Charleston, 289 .
Weekly Spectator, London, Eng., 65 .
Weitzel, Godfrey, N maj.-gen., Franklin, La., 345 ;
Vermillion Bayou, La., 347 ;
port., 443 ;
occupies Richmond, Va., 445 , 454 .
Weldon R. R., Va., actions, 398 , 400 .
Welles, Gideon, N sec'y of the navy, port., 6 ;
49, 91 .
Wells, George D., N brig.-gen., killed, Cedar Creek, Va., 410 .
Wessells, Henry W., N brig.-gen., Plymouth, S. C., 433-434 .
Westfield, N vessel, destroyed, Galveston, 338 .
West Liberty, Ky., action, 114 , 115 .
West Point, Va., 158 .
West Tennessee, Army of, 206 .
West Virginia, admitted to the Union, 9 ;
formation of, 44 , 45 ;
cleared of Confederate troops, 113 , 114 ;
3d inf., Bull Pasture Mountain, 216 ;
7th inf., Blooming Gap, 217 .
——, Army of, Shenandoah Valley, 411 ;
7th inf. losses, 481 .
Wharton, John A., C maj.-gen., Snow Hill, Tenn., 341 .
Wheeler, Joseph, C lieut.-gen., Murfreesboro', 211 ;
port., 212 ;
Dover, 295 ;
Rover, Tenn., 340 ;
Fort Donelson, 340 ;
Vaught's Hill, 340 ;
Atlanta, 389 , 390 ;
Confederate cavalry, 423 ;
opposes Sherman in S. C., 440 .
Wheeling, W. Va., 44 , 45 .
"When Johnny comes marching home," Patrick S. Gilmore, 136 .
"When this cruel war is over," Charles C. Sawyer, 127 , 413 .
Whig, Richmond, quoted, 431 .
Whilldin, ——, capt., 349 .
Whipple, Amiel W., N maj.-gen., killed, Chancellorsville, 242 , 247 .
Whitaker, Walter C., N b'v't maj.-gen., Chickamauga, 299 ;
Lookout Mountain, 313 .
White, John H., N lieut.-col., port., 484 .
——, Julius, N b'v't maj.-gen., Harper's Ferry, 176 .
——, Mathew X., C capt., murdered, 319 .
——, ——, N maj., Springfield, Mo., 118 , 119 .
White Oak Swamp, Va., battle, 158 .
White House, Va., Peninsular campaign, 144-162 ;
ill., 153 ;
365, 368 , 531 .
Whiteside, Tenn., ill. of bridge, 338 .
Whitestone Hill, Dak., engagement, 348 .
Whiting, William, quoted on emancipation, 190 , 191 .
——, W. H. C., C maj.-gen., Peninsular campaign, 155 .
Whitney, Eli, cotton-gin, 5 .
Whittier, John G., from "Brown of Ossawatomie," 21 , 182 ;
port., 190 .
Wickham, William C., C brig.-gen., port., 434 .
Wickliffe, ——, M. C., 190 .
Wiedrick, Michael, N capt., Gettysburg, 254 .
Wilcox, Cadmus M., C maj.-gen., port., 195 ;
Gettysburg, 476 .
Wilcox's Landing, Va., 468 .
Wild, ——, C cav., Warrenton Junction, 331 .
Wilderness, 335 , 336 , 353
;
ill., 354 ;
battle, 355-357 ;
Map , 355 , 387 ;
losses, 477 .
Wilderness Tavern, Va., Grant's headquarters, 355 .
Wilkes, Charles, N capt., 63 , 65 ;
port., 65 .
Wilkeson, Frank, quoted, 358 .
Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. C., 25 .
Willcox, Orlando B., N maj.-gen., at Bull Run, 55 , 57 ;
port., 401 .
William Aiken, U. S. revenue cutter, 10 .
William and Mary College, 33 .
Williams, Alpheus S., N b'v't maj.-gen., 513 .
——, E. C., N ensign, Red River expedition, 382 .
——, John S., C brig.-gen., port., 336 .
——, Thomas, N brig.-gen., attitude toward slavery, 185 ;
killed, Baton Rouge, 270 .
——, ——, N lieut., Ft. Halleck, Idaho, 348 .
Williamsburg, Va., battle, 143-144 .
Williamsport, Md., 250 ;
fight, 436 .
Williston, Edward B., N lieut., Trevilian Sta., Va., 433 .
Willoughby Run, Gettysburg, 251 .
Willoughby's Point, Va., 217 .
Willow Springs, Miss., engagement, 274 .
Wilmington Island, Ga., engagement, 223 .
Wilson, C. H., N lieut., Wilmington Island, 223 .
——, George D., N spy, executed, 529 .
——, Henry, 190 .
——, James H., N maj.-gen., cavalry superiority, 250 ;
North Anna, 363 ;
Long Bridge, 368 ;
Shenandoah, 407 ;
Nashville, 430 ;
captures Davis, 448 .
——, ——, N capt., Lookout Mountain, 304 .
Wilson Small, N transport, 327 .
Wilson's Creek, Mo., battle, 41 ;
ill., 42 .
Winchester, Tenn., 226 .
——, Va., 47 , 54 , 59 , 113 , 143 , 191 ;
engagement, 216 ;
captured by Ewell, 250 , 403 ;
action, 404 , 406 ;
battle, 407 , 409 ;
Sheridan's ride, 410 , 411 .
Winder, Charles S., C brig.-gen., killed, Cedar Mountain, 164 .
——, John H., C brig.-gen., port., 318 ;
Libby Prison, 321 , 349 ;
Andersonville, 390 ;
death, 448 .
Winnebago, N monitor, Mobile Bay, 319 .
Winslow, John A., N naval capt., port., 371 ;
commands "Kearsarge" and destroys "Alabama," 372 ;
port., 372 .
Winthrop, Theodore, N maj., 24 ;
port., 35 ;
killed, Big Bethel, 45 , 451 .
Wisconsin Infantry , 1st, Dandridge, 436 ;
2d, losses, Bull Run, 477 ;
3d, Bolivar Heights, 111 ;
4th, 185 ;
5th, Rappahannock Sta., 335 ;
6th and 7th, Gettysburg, 259 ;
12th, Atlanta, 389 ;
15th, Chickamauga, 299 ;
16th, Atlanta, 389 ;
5th art'y, Perryville, 201 .
——, regimental losses, 2d inf., 483 ;
7th inf., 483 ;
20th inf., 483 .
Wise, Henry A., C brig-gen., in W. Va., 113 ;
gov. of Va., port., 183 .
Witherell, Mrs. E. C., 539 .
Withers, Jones M., C maj.-gen., port., 108 .
Wittenmeyer, Annie, Mrs., 538 .
Wolford, Frank, N col., Somerset, Ky., 340 .
——, F. T., N col., Philadelphia, Tenn., 342 .
Woman's Contribution to the Cause, 533-540 .
Women's Central Association of Relief, 324 .
Wood, Robert C., N b'v't brig.-gen., Sanitary Commission, 324 .
——, Thomas J., N maj.-gen., Chickamauga, 298-302 ;
Chattanooga, 309 ;
Atlanta campaign, 386 .
Woodford, Stewart L., N b'v't brig.-gen., port., 290 .
Woods, Charles R., N b'v't maj.-gen., port., 311 ;
Atlanta, 389 .
Woodsonville, Ky. (see Munfordville ).
Woodstock company, 1st Vt. inf., anecdote, 502 .
Wool, John E., N maj.-gen., port., 23 , 49 ;
captures Norfolk, 217 .
Woolsey, Georgia M., Miss, 538 .
——, Jane C., Miss, 538 .
Worden, John L., N rear-adm., N. C. expedition, 72 ;
"Monitor," 85 ;
port., 87 ;
destroys the "Nashville,"
348 .
Work, Henry C., "Marching through Georgia," 129 ;
"Grafted into the Army," 137 .
Wormeley, Katherine P., Miss, 537 .
Wright, Ambrose R., C maj.-gen., Antietam, 180 .
——, Horatio G., N maj.-gen., Secessionville, 219 ;
Rappahannock Sta., 335 ;
Spottsylvania, 359 , 362 ;
North Anna, 362 , 363 ;
Cold Harbor, 365 ;
advance on Petersburg, 398 ;
defence of Washington, 404 ;
port., 405 ;
Cedar Creek, 410 , 411 , 445 .
Wyatt's, Miss., action, 343 .
Wyndham, Percy, N col., Harrisonburg, 216 ;
port., 218 .
Wynkoop, ——, N lieut., Hawes's Shop, Va., 364 .
Wytheville, Va., action, 339 .
Yankee, N steam-tug, 29 .
Yates, Richard, gov. of Ill., port., 18 .
Yazoo City, Miss., 273 .
Yazoo Pass, Miss., 273 .
Yellow Medicine, Minn., destroyed by Indians, 234 .
Yellow Tavern, Va., action, 359 .
York, Pa., occupied by Lee, 250 , 251 .
Yorktown, Va., 143 ;
ills. of battery, 149 , 151 , 463 .
Young, Francis G., N capt., Ball's Bluff, 110 .
——, Pierce M. B., C maj.-gen., port., 508 .
——, ——, N adjt., Gettysburg, 255 .
——, ——, N eng. corps, Pleasant Hills, La., 379 .
Young Men's Christian Association, 325 .
Young's Branch (Bull Run), 55 , 57 .
Zagonyi, Charles, N maj., cav., Springfield, Mo., 118-121 ;
port., 121 .
Zelitch, ——, N ensign, Mobile Bay, 393 .
Zollicoffer, Felix K., C brig.-gen., Camp Wild Cat, 73 , 114 ;
killed, Fishing Creek, 73 ;
port., 77 , 451 .
Zook, Samuel K., N b'v't maj.-gen., killed, Gettysburg, 254 ;
port., 261 .
Zouaves, "Duryea's," 24 ;
"Chicago," 25 ;
"Fire," 25 , 61 ;
"Hawkins'," 72 , 218 ;
ill., 198 .