"Twain, Mark," 317. "Two Rivulets" described, 266. Tyler, President, 38. Ulysses' return, 276. _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, 81, 187. Unitarianism, W.'s relation to, 76. Union, W. and the idea of the American, 55. Unity, W.'s doctrine of the universal, 120; of _L. of G._, 221. "Universal, Song of the," 253; described, 255. Untidiness, W.'s, 318. Van Buren, 44; W. supports, 33, 38. Van Velsor, Major C., 4, 10; family, 347. -- Louisa. See L. Whitman. -- Naomi. See Williams. Verdi, 320. Verse, W. writes, 47. Vice, Society for the Suppression of, 284, 285. Victoria, Queen, W. and, 339. Vicksburg taken by Grant, 185. Virgil, 318. Virginia, xx, 26, 188. "Vocalism," 157. Voice, W.'s, described, 98; W. and the, 154, 157. Vow, Whitman's (1861), 181, 204, 216. Wagner, R., 293, 320. Wales, Prince of, and W., 173. Walks at Washington, W.'s, 215, 233. Wallace, A. R., 62. Wallace, J. W., visits W., 338. "Walt," W. calls himself, 141. Walt Whitman Club, 325; fellowship, 300 _n._ War, W.'s attitude towards, 43, 202-3, 205-9; and "a divine war," 206; his mysticism of, 207-8; must be followed by nobler peace, 208-9. War of 1812, 10. War of 1861-65, 182-203; causes of, 82, 208; inevitableness, 177; not for abolition, 187; W. and the, xxvi, 178-209; ready to share in, 202. Washington, President, xxv, 5, 10, 38, 289; W. compares himself with, 131. Washington, condition of, during war, 194-8, 216. Washington, W. in, xxvii, 184-248, 301, 306; its influence on W., 150, 245; W. visits hospitals, see H.; W.'s manner of life in, 190, 193, 215; W. fond of, 201-2; why he remains, 218-9; walks at, 233; W. and negro problem in, 235; hopes to return, 252; discharged from post, 257; visit to, 258. Wealth of America becoming concentrated, 310. Webster, Daniel, 42, 79. Wesley, J., 290. West, the, its interests, 24; its settlement threatens the South, 26; problem of, 79; W. and the, xxvii; first sees, 54; contemplates settlement in, 183; journey, 271-4. West Hills, the Whitman homestead, 5, 103, 260, 320; described, 7-9; holidays at, 12; W. visits, 280. "What am I after all," 158. Whigs, the American, 23, 24, 44. Whitehorse, the hamlet of, W. stays at, 259-60. See Timber Creek. Whitman, Abijah, 5. -- Andrew, 13, 86, 193, 256. -- Edward, 86, 256, 341. -- George, 13, 86, 182, 185, 246, 248, 250, 256, 257, 266, 342; view of _L. of G._, 88; volunteers, 178-9; wounded, 183; anxiety about, 203; a prisoner, 209-10; in Brooklyn, 218; in Camden, 246; W. leaves his house, 305. Whitman, Hannah. See Heyde. -- Iredwell, 280. -- Jefferson, 13, 50, 53, 86, 88, 185, 193, 251, 256, 273; goes to St. Louis, 218; W. visits there, 265-5; death of, 342.