Chapter XXIX (3)

Wade, Benjamin,
mentioned, 535;
urges Grant's dismissal, 503;
lack of military judgment, 505

Wadsworth, James S., 296

Walker, Isaac, recollections of L., 88

Washburne, E.B.,
mentioned 225;
L's letters to, against compromise, 260-261;
giving orders for Scott, 261;
quoted, 105, 173, 279;
bill creating rank of lieutenant-general, 516

Washington, D.C.,
L. reluctant to leave in 1849, 109;
L's arrival, Feb. 23, 1861, 279-280;
inaugural week, 281-290;
rebels and rebel sympathizers in, 292;
defenses visited by L., 400;
regarded as lost, 413;
relieved, 414;
society in 1862-1863, 449-450;
Early's attack, 533, 537;
enthusiasm over Lee's surrender, 574-575

Washington, George,
mentioned, 360;
influence of Weem's life of W. on L., 8, 15;
life read by L. as case preparation, 78;
L. ranked with, 527, 549

Watson, assistant secretary of state, 375

Watterson, Henry, quoted 4

Webster, Daniel,
mentioned, 100, 185;
considered a leader, 529-530

Weed, Thurlow,
mentioned, 474;
quoted, 257-260;
discusses cabinet appointments, 257-259;
L's letter to, Dec. 17, 1860, extract, 262;
objects to Welles, 365

Weitzel, Godfrey,
occupies Richmond, 568;
headquarters in Richmond, 572

Weldon, Lawrence, quoted, 139, 334

Welles, Gideon,
mentioned, 347, 460, 511;
cabinet possibility, 259;
appointed secretary of the navy, 293;
approves Mason and Slidell capture, 341;
calmness of, 364;
antagonism to Stanton, 364, 368;
at L's death-bed, 591-594;
quoted, 292-293, 320, 325, 333, 345, 365-366, 367,
368-369, 411-412, 412-413, 417, 423-424, 432, 438,
439, 440, 457-458, 473-474, 492, 493, 497, 501, 506,
511, 531, 535, 538, 540, 551-552, 555, 556-557, 563,
577, 581, 583-584, 591-594, 597

Welles, Mrs. Gideon, mentioned, 591

"Westminster Review," on Gettysburg address, 513

Wheeler, William A., quoted, 376-378

Whig Party,
L. a delegate to presidential convention, 104;
L. believes he is a Whig, 153, 157;
symptoms of disintegration, 159;
L. a leader, 162-163;
dissolution, 165

White, Dr., 592

White, Mrs., 453

White House,
L.'s first night at, 292,
L's family life, 464-465;
office of L. described, 299-300;
official precedence, 300-301;
New Year's receptions, 350, 441;
society in 1862-63, 449-450;
L's informal receptions, 450-451;
freedom of access, 459-461;
Grant's ovation at reception, 517-518;
reception, 1865, negroes attend, 552-553

Whiting,
solicitor of war department, 375;
candidate for attorney general, 522

Whitman, Walt, quoted, 263, 589-590, 597-598

Whittier, John Greenleaf, abolitionist, 245

"Wide-awake" clubs, 250

Wigfall, Senator, 286

Wilcox, Major, quoted, 106

Willard's Hotel, Washington, headquarters of L., 281, 282

Willis, David, 515

Wilmington, L's dream, 583

Wilmot Proviso, L. votes for, 153

Wilkes, Charles, 341, 342

Wilson, Robert L., quoted, 62, 85

Wilson, Henry, 357, 482

Winchell, J.M.,
quoted, 382;
interview with L., 531

Winslow, John F., builder of "Monitor," 345-347

Winthrop, Robert C., quoted, 100

Wisconsin State Fair, addressed by L. in 1859, 389

Wood, Fernando, 474

Wool, John E., 392

Workingmen, L's speech to, 272-273

Wright, Elizur, 492

Wright, Horatio, 504

Writings.
_See_ Letters and telegrams;
Messages and proclamations;
Speeches and lectures

Yates, Richard,
mentioned, 266;
beginning of friendship with L., 30;
opposes Missouri Compromise, 159;
election to Congress, 150

"Young Indians," Taylor club, 100

Young, John Russell, quoted, 514

Young Men's Lyceum, address of L. quoted, 62