y,
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,
reenlists 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 reelection 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 reelection, 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

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