Washburne, Elihu B.,
letters of Lincoln to, on senatorial election of 1855, see vol. i.;
on compromise in 1861;
meets Lincoln at Washington;
in House in 1861.
Washington, George,
futility of attempt to compare Lincoln with, see vol. ii.
Webb, General A.S.,
on effects of politics in Virginia campaigns, see vol. i.;
on the consequences of Lincoln's relation to McClellan, see vol. ii.;
on McClellan's change of base.
Webster, Daniel,
his 7th of March speech, see vol. i.
Weed, Thurlow,
advocates revision of Constitution in 1860, see vol. i.
Weitzel, General Godfrey,
enters Richmond, see vol. ii.
Welles, Gideon,
secretary of navy, see vol. i.;
opposes relieving Sumter;
changes opinion;
not told by Lincoln of plan to relieve Pensacola;
learns that Lincoln has spoiled his plan to relieve Sumter;
wishes Lincoln to close Southern ports by proclamation;
disapproves of Lincoln's scheme of amnesty, see vol. ii.
West,
social characteristics of frontier life in, see vol. i.;
democracy in;
vagrants in;
violence and barbarity of;
manners and customs;
grows in civilization;
economic conditions of;
frontier law and politics;
popular eloquence in;
its ignorance of foreign countries.
West Virginia,
origin of, see vol. i.;
campaign of McClellan in;
forms a state Constitution, see vol.
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