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W.
Wade, B. F., of
Ohio, 231; 232; speech, 375-6.
Walker,
Mr., of
Wisc., 172; 195.
Walker, Robert J.,
Governor of
Kansas, 249.
Walker, L. P., of
Ala., 312; 313; withdraws at
Charleston, 314; speech after fall of
Sumter, 458; 632.
Walker, William, his invasion of
Nicaragua, and his death, 276-7.
Wallace,
Col. Lewis, 535.
Walworth, R. H., at Tweddle Hall, 393-4.
Washburne,
Mr., of
Ill., 305; 560.
Washington, George, letter to
Laurens, 19; 42; 43; letters to
Lafayette, 51; 81; 82; 83; his fair dealing with the Indians, 102; 254; his Foreign Policy, 264; citation from his
Farewell Address, 266; allusion to, 515.
Washington, Col. John A., captured by
Brown's men, 290; 293: killed at
Cheat Mountain, 526.
Washington City, 407 ; frauds of
Floyd and
Baily at, 410-11; arrival of
Col. Hayne at, 412; inauguration of
President Lincoln at, 421-2; the dark days at, 470.
Washington Star, The, citation from, 329.
Waul, T. N., beaten for Congress, 339.
Wayne,
Judge, of
Ga., on
Dred Scott, 259.
Webster,
Daniel, 78; his reply to
Hayne, 86-7; 101; speech at Niblo's Garden, 152 to 154; 155; 192; 202; speech at
Abingdon, 199; 205-6; 207; on the
Fugitive Slave Law. 220-21; 223; 260-271: letter from
Channing to, 353; 370; speech at
Buffalo, 404; 511.
Weed, Thurlow, editorial by, 360-61.
Weightman,
Col., killed at
Wilson's Creek, 582.
Weston, Mo., a man tarred and feathered at, 239.
Weston Reporter, The, (
Mo.,) citation from, 238.
Westport, Mo., Border Ruffian resolves at, 239.
Wentz,
Lieut.-
Col., killed at
Belmont, 597.
Wesley, John, 32; 70; 255; 501.
West Virginia, 479; 480; population in 1860, 480; refuses to secede, etc., 518;
Pierpont chosen Governor of, 519;
Letcher's Message, 519; Federal troops enter the
State;
Porterfield's Address, 521;
battle of Philippi, 521-2; of
Rich Mountain. 522-3;
Cheat Mountain, 523 ;
Carnifex Ferry, 525;
Guyandotte destroyed, 526; boundary between West and Old Virginia, 527.
Wheeling, Va, meeting and Convention at, 518.
Wheeling Intelligencer, The, citation from, 522.
Whitney, Eli, 53; early life, etc., 58-9; goes to
Georgia, 60; invents the
Cotton-Gin, 61; letter to
Fulton, 65; his death.
66.
White, J. W., letter from
T. A. Andrews to, 367.
White,
Lieut.-
Col., at
Carnifex Ferry, 525.
White,
Major frank J., 591-2.
Whitfield, John W., 237; 240; 241; sacks and burns
Osawatomie, 245.
Whittier, John G., poem by, 630.
Wigfall,
Lewis T., of
Texas, 373; 448.
Wilcox,
Col., wounded at
Bull Run, 545.
Wild Cat, Ky., Rebels defeated at, 615-16.
Wilkes,
Capt., seizes
Mason and
Slidell, 606-7.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., fugitive-slave case at, 216.
Williams, Euphemia, the case of, 216.
Williams,
Col. John S., at
Piketon, Ky., 616.
Wilmot, David, of
Pa., 189; 319.
Wilson,
Senator, of
Mass., 309; 571-2.
Wilson's Zouaves, at
Santa Rosa Island, 602.
Wilson's Creek, battle of, 578 to 582.
Winthrop,
Major Theo., killed at
Bethel, 531.
Winchester Virginian, The,
J. M. Mason to, 478-9.
Wise,
Henry A., his prescription for Abolitionists, 128; 144; 146; his speech in the
House, 1842, 158; opinion of
John Brown, 293; 294; 329; commands the
Rebels in
West Virginia, 522; 524; outranked by
Floyd, etc., 525.
Wisconsin, 215; 300; 301.
Wistar,
Lieut.-
Col., at Ball's Bluff, 623.
Witherspoon,
Rev. T. S., 128.
Wool,
Gen., succeeds
Gen. Butler, 531.
Wood,
Col. A. M., wounded at
Bull Run, 545.
Woodward,
Judge Geo.
W., speech at the
Philadelphia “Peace” meeting, 363 to 365; 406; 438.
Worcester, Mass., mob violence at, 126.
Wrentham, Mass., Abolition petition from, 144.
Wright.
Col. J. V., killed at
Belmont, 597-8.
Wright, Silas, 91; nominated for
Vice-President 164; nominated for
Governor of New York, 166.
Wyandot, Kansas, Convention at, 250.
Y.
Yancey, Wm. L., his non-interference resolve in the
Convention of 1848, 192; allusion to, 259; withdraws from the Charleston Convention, 314.
Yates, Edward, on Slavery, 70.
young men's Christian Association, their interview with the
President, 466-7; allusion, 472.
Z.
Zagonyi,
Major, his speech to his soldiers, 591-2; his gallant charge into
Springfield, 592.
Zeigler,
Col., orders the houses of Secessionists at
Guyandotte to be burnt.
526.
Zollicoffer,
Gen., occupies
Cumberland Gap; his dispatch to
Magoffin, 613; captures
Barboursville, Ky.; his depredations on the Kentuckians, 614; attacks, and is driven from, Wild-Cat, 615.