attacks Lacolle Mill, 25, 26; relieved and court-martialed, 26, 27. William and Mary, college of, i. 136. Williams, A. J., captain of artillery in Hindman’s battalion, viii. 37; in Fort Erie, 71; killed, 76. Williams, David R., member of Congress from South Carolina, iii. 358; iv. 213; his argument in favor of the embargo, 266, 378; declares that the embargo is the wish of the South, 421, 426; on the repeal of the embargo, 436, 439, 448, 450, 451; not a member of the Eleventh Congress, v. 76; in the Twelfth Congress, vi. 122; chairman of military committee, 124, 435. Williams, John, colonel of Thirty-Ninth U. S. Infantry, ordered to join Jackson, vii. 245, 251; arrives at Fort Strother, 252. Williams, Samuel, iv. 167; Pickering gives Rose a letter to, 235. Williams, Timothy, iv. 117. Williamson, Colonel, Burr’s agent, iii. 219, 229, 234, 238. Wilna, in Poland, Barlow’s journey to, vi. 263, 264. Wilson, Alexander, describes New England in 1808, i. 19; on North Carolina, 36, 57, 124. Wilson, Judge, i. 127. Winchester, James, brigadier-general, vi. 291; yields command to Harrison, vii. 75; commands left division at Fort Defiance, 77, 78, 79; hardships of his men, 80; by Harrison’s orders moves to the Maumee Rapids, 84, 86; his force, 87; sends detachment to Frenchtown, 88; follows to Frenchtown, 90; his account of the position, 91, 92; defeated and captured, 96; effect of his defeat on the Creek Indians, 223, 226, 227; commands at Mobile, 383, 385. Winder, Levin, governor of Maryland in 1814, viii. 122, 168. Winder, William H., colonel of Fourteenth Infantry, vi. 357, 359; brigadier-general, vii. 156; takes part in capture of Fort George, 157; advances to Stony Creek, 159; captured, 160; appointed to command new military district at Washington, viii. 122; his physical activity, 123, 131, 132; takes command of forces at the Woodyard, 133; retreats to the Old Fields, 134; retreats to the navy-yard, 135, 136; his letter to the Secretary of War, August 24, 137; his supposed motives for occupying the navy-yard, 135–138; starts for Bladensburg, 139; rides about the field, 140; retreats to the capitol, 142; retreats to Georgetown, 153, 156; retreats to Rockville, 154; his fear of responsibility, 154, 155; goes to Baltimore, 156; yields command to Samuel Smith, 167; his measures compared with Jackson’s, 340–343. Windham, County of, in Vermont, sends delegate to the Hartford Convention, viii. 293.