Welles, Gideon, Secretary of Navy, [71], [179]; report to Congress, [72]; orders concerning New Orleans, [94], [96]
West, settlers beyond reach of war, [62]
West Virginia, part of Virginia, [23]; Jackson from, [24]; becomes separate State, [29], [56]; campaign in, [29-33]; Frémont in, [199], [200]
Westfield, Renshaw refuses to surrender, [114]
Wheeler, General Joseph, Confederate cavalry leader, [368]
White House (Virginia), McClellan's base, [201], [203], [210], [222], [225]
White Oak Swamp (Virginia), battle, [225]
Whitman, Walt, on Lincoln, [171-72]
Wilcox, General C. M., Pickett's Charge, [302]