Washington, George, serves in French War, 10; chosen to command American forces, 25; his character and strategy, 26-27; defeated at Long Island, 27; abandons Philadelphia, 28; defeats Tarleton at Cowpens, 31; besieges Yorktown, 34; presides over Convention, 42; President, 51; national confidence in, 52; signs Bill for a National Bank, 57; re-elected, 57; declares U.S. neutral, 59; suppresses "Whisky Insurrection," 61; condemns Democratic societies, 61; declines a third term, 62; his farewell address, 62 Webster, Daniel, as an actor, 79, 100; supports Force Bill, 101; leagued with Clay and Calhoun, 102; Secretary of State, 114; supports Compromise of 1850..127; death of, 139 Wellington, proposal to send to America, 83 West, the, opened up by Daniel Boon, 71; its governing conditions, 71-72; influence of, on Clay, 78; Slavery in, 85; deserts Clay for Jackson, 95; Douglas a product of, 140-141; Douglas appeals to, 174; military qualities of, 196 West Virginia, cleared by McClellan, 181; recognized as a State, 181 Whig Party, name adopted by Coalition against Jackson, 105; committed to defence of Bank, 105; defeat of, 105; appropriateness of name for, 109; abandonment of principles by, 113; victory of, 114; Tyler out of sympathy with, 114; runs Taylor for President, 124; disappearance of, 139, 145 Whitman, Walt, quoted, 173 Wilderness, the, Hooker trapped in, 192; Lee fights Grant in, 198 Williamsburg, Hooker defeated at, 186 Wilkes, Captain, seizes Mason and Slidell, 182; compliments to, 183 Wilmot Proviso, 122 Wilson, Woodrow, elected President, 236; career and character of, 236; his policy regarding European War, 238-239; supported by nation in declaring war, 239 Wolfe, James, takes Quebec, 160 "X.Y.Z." Letters, 63 Yorktown Peninsula, Cornwallis retires to, 34; McClellan lands on, 186 Yorktown, surrenders, 34; McClellan besieges, 186 PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES