Vallandigham case Valley Campaign, Jackson's; _see_ Shenandoah Valley Valverde (New Mexico), Canby's defeat at Van Dorn, General Earl, Confederate commander of trans-Mississippi troops; Pea Ridge; reinforces Beauregard; tries to reconquer Memphis-Corinth rails; replaced by Pemberton; at Holly Springs _Varuna, Governor Moore_, destroys Vicksburg, Farragut's expedition; importance of position; Sherman's attempt; _see also_ Chickasaw Bluffs; Grant's operations preceding; Grant's objective; Holly Springs; Confederates hold; Grant's position; generals at; Navy at; Grant's maneuvers; Federal force; Confederate force; scene of action; army rations at; siege; surrender; significance of victory; effect of victory "Vicksburg Oak," Grant meets Pemberton under Vinton. Major, Union officer at San Antonio Virginia, Lee's loyalty to; blockade; secedes; Lee given chief command in; West Virginia part of; issues call for volunteers; West Virginia separates from; mountain folk Unionists; Federals hold western part of; Farragut from; Pope transferred to; Burnside's invasion of; Grant transferred to; campaign (1864); Wilderness; Todd's Tavern; Spotsylvania; Sheridan's raid; Cold Harbor; losses; campaign (1865); Petersburg; Five Forks; Sailor's Creek; Lee's surrender; _see also_ Peninsula campaign _Virginia, Merrimac_ renamed Virginia Military Institute, Jackson at; cadets join Jackson Walke, Henry, commands _Carondelet_ Walker, Fort Wallace, General Lew, as a leader; at Fort Donelson; Shiloh; and Early Wallace, General W. H. L., killed Warley, A. F., commands Manassas Warren, G. K., Gettysburg; defection at Cold Harbor Washburn, Colonel Francis, at Sailor's Creek Washburne, E. B., introduces Swinton Washington, capture of rolling stock hampers; desire to defend; sea-power saves; Southern plans against; reserve corps at; Pope's army retires to; Early makes for; Union troops reviewed in Wassaw Sound, duel between _Weehawken_ and _Atlanta_ in Wauhatchie (Tennessee), battle Weed, Thurlow, election agent _Weehawken_, duel with _Atlanta_ Weitzel, General Godfrey, at Fort Fisher Welles, Gideon, Secretary of Navy; report to Congress; orders concerning New Orleans West, settlers beyond reach of war West Virginia, part of Virginia; Jackson from; becomes separate State; campaign in; Frémont in _Westfield_, Renshaw refuses to surrender Wheeler, General Joseph, Confederate cavalry leader White House (Virginia), McClellan's base White Oak Swamp (Virginia), battle Whitman, Walt, on Lincoln Wilcox, General C. M., Pickett's Charge Wilderness, battle Wilkeson, Lieutenant Bayard, Gettysburg Wilkeson, Frank, _Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac_ Williams, General Thomas, at Vicksburg with Farragut; killed Wilmington (North Carolina), rail connections threatened; in Confederate hands; Fort Fisher guards entrance to; captured Wilson's Creek (Missouri), battle