Volume II Part 73 (1/2)

WALKER, General J. G., movement of his troops at Sharpsburg, 336.

WALKER, General W. H. T., commences the attack at Chickamauga, 430; killed in the attack on McPherson's corps, 562.

_War, The_, manner in which it was con ducted by the Government of the United States, 5; how inappropriate to preserve a voluntary Union, 6; enlarged its proportions during the year 1861, 16; points possessed by the enemy, 17; his supply of men and resources of war, 17; a succession of glorious victories to us, 17; the foundation of the, 582.

WARD, Colonel, his conduct at Yorktown, 88, 89; killed at Williamsburg, 99; report of General Early on his gallantry, 99.

WARLEY, Lieutenant, attacks the enemy's vessels at New Orleans, 221.

”_War-power, The_, of the United States Government,” the theory on which it was based, 171; its unlimited extent, 171; the specious argument for, 171; words of the Const.i.tution, 171; President Lincoln declares his main reliance on it, 298.

_Was.h.i.+ngton Artillery_, organized in New Orleans, 337; its frequent and honorable mention in the reports of battles, 337.

_Was.h.i.+ngton_ threatened by General Early, 530.

_Watchword, The_, ”The abolition of slavery by the force of arms for the sake of the Union,” 186.

_Westover_ reached by McClellan's army, 152; protection of the gunboats, 152; his position, 152; inexpedient to attack him, 152.

WHEATON, on the capture and confiscation of private property, 163.

WHEELER, General, destroys supplies and baggage in the rear of Rosecrans's army advancing to Murfreesboro, 384; movements with his cavalry at Chickamauga, 432.

_Which is the higher authority_, Mr. Lincoln's emanc.i.p.ation proclamation, or the Const.i.tution? 621.

WHITE, Colonel, advances to the Susquehanna, 440.

WHITING, General, sent to reenforce Jackson in the Valley, 133; he is killed in the defense of Fort Fisher, 646.

_Who is the criminal?_ Let posterity answer, 178.

_Why were they not hung?_ Our soldiers taken prisoners, ”as rebels and traitors,” 13.