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of Haine's bluff, 143,144; situation and fortifications of, 159, 160; Grant's problem, 162-163 Grant's canal, 166-666; Lake Providence, 166-168;
Yazoo pass, 168-172; Steele's bayou, 173-177; Grierson's raid, 188; running the batteries, 190-193; second running of batteries, 197, 197; preliminary orders for campaign, 203; campaign cast of, 204-205; topography, 296; rebel lines of defence, 297; first assault, 302; second assault, 307-329 siege of; 331-372; surrender of, 386; results of surrender, 392.
Virginia, geography of, II., 3; plan of campaign in, March 1864, 44-49.
Virginia military Institute, Lexington, burned by Hunter, II., 419.
Virginia, Valley of, general features, II., 414; importance of, to rebels, 495; necessity of stripping it of supplies, 495.
Volunteer army trained in the field, i., 403; spirit and patriotism of; 404; character thoroughly American, 405.
Wadsworth General James S., in battle of Wilderness, II., 106, 11, 114, 120; killed, 121.
Wallace, General, Lewis, at Fort Donelson, i., 41, 47; at Shiloh, 69-81, 86, 89; at Monocacy river, 439.
War begun by the South, i, 3; seat of, 5; important crisis in 1864, 565.
Warren, General G. K., at battle of Wilderness, II., 103-106; at Spottsylvania, 142, 147, 161, 177, 180; unfortunate characteristics of, 184; on the North Anna, 227-230; at Cold Harbor, 271, 276, 278, 280, 290, 295; from Cold Harbor to Petersburg, 339, 347, 363; before Petersburg, June 30, 476, 485, 488; at Weldon road, 514-518, 527; battle of Peeble's farm.
III., 75, 76; battle of Hatcher's run, 117-124; destroys Weldon railroad from Nottoway river to Hicksford, 238 246; characteristics of, 464-466; at White Oak road, 4;67; sent to Sheridan, 475-479; inaction of, 479-489; battle of Five Forks, 494; relieved from command, 494; merits and demerits of, 497.
Washburne, General C. C., movement against Helena, i., 132.
Washburne, Colonel, with General Read at Farmville, III., 568; death of, 568.
Washburne, Elihu II., Congressman, suggests Grant's appointment as brigadier-general, i., 10; introduces bill to revive grade of lieutenant-general, 569.
Washington, city of, situation of, II., 4, 14; relations to campaign of 1864, 33, 45, 310, 416, III., 16-18, 383; political interference at, 12; Early's campaign against, 430-444; telegraphic communication cut off from City Point, 444; Grant protects, 445, 450; Halleck's method of protecting, 450; Grant reinforces, 469, 490.
Washington, N. C., capture, II., 57.
Waynesboro, battle of, III., 413, 414.
Wauhatchie, battle of, i., 449, 450.
Weitzel, General G. movement north of James river, October 28, 1864, III., 123; Wilmington expedition 225; at Fort Fisher, 315, 323; at Bermuda Hundred, 442; enters Richmond, 536; restores order, 543.
Weldon railroad, connections of, II., 242; first movement towards, 382; seizure of, 514-519; Warren's movements against, December, 1864, III., 226, 246.
Wheeler, General, in command of rebel cavalry in Georgia, III., 287; in front of Sherman's army, 289; skirmishing with Kilpatrick's cavalry, 293.
Whiting, General, in command in Wilmington, III., 312; capture of, at Fort Fisher, 343.
White, Captain, gallant feat of, i., 319.
Wilcox, General O. B., in East Tennessee, i., 484; at Spottsylvania, II., II., 148, 149; at Cemetery hill, 480-490; at battle of Ream's station, 530.
Wilderness, battle of the, II., 106-125; observations and reflections on, 127-131; results of, 131.
Wilmington stripped of its garrison, III., 223; only important rebel seaport in 1864, 224; Weitzel's expedition against, 238; further operations against, 307; land attack, 315, 316; siege and fall of Fort Fisher, 330, 332-343; Schofield's movements against, 368, 380; fill of, 381.
Wilson, General J. H., in Yazoo pass 168-171; in command of division of cavalry, II., 97; at Wilderness, 98-102: at Spottsylvania 140; on North Anna, 164; at Cold Harbor, 274, 283, 300; crossing the Chickahominy, 348; expedition against Southern railroads, 407-413; at battle of Winchester, III., 30; sent to Nashville to collect cavalry, 163; difficulty in remounting cavalry, 190; in Tennessee campaign, 208-220; at battle of Nashville, 253-258; in pursuit of Hood, 259; campaign into Alabama, 637, 638.
Wood, General T. J., at battle of Nashville, III., 253-260.
Wright, General Horatio G., in command of Sixth corps, II., 150; at Spottsylvania, 163; on North Anna, 227, 229; movement to Cold Harbor, 264, 270; battle of Cold Harbor, 275-
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