Weitzel, General, in command of troops at Fort Fisher, iv. 513. Welles, Gideon, Secretary of the Navy, his account of the effect that the raid of the _Merrimac_ had upon a cabinet meeting at Washington, iv. 211. Wellington, Duke of, on the character of the veterans sent to America, iii. 134. “Wellington’s Invincibles” invade the Sorel River, iii. 135; sent to New Orleans under Sir Edward Packenham, iii. 230. _Wellington_, British gun-boat, iii. 143. Wells, Clark H., Lieutenant-Commander, iv. 389. West India pirates, iii. 324. Western waters, ships of the line of battle on, iv. 249. _Westfield_, Federal ship, destroyed by the Confederates, iv. 357. _West Wind_, Federal merchant-ship, captured by Confederate cruiser _Sumter_, iv. 415. Whaler, an armed British, transformed into a Yankee cruiser, iii. 9, 10. Whaling fleet, British, taken by surprise, iii. 8–10. Wheaton, Joseph, one of the capturers of the _Margaretta_, i. 16. Whinyates, Captain Thomas, ii. 106; encounters the _Wasp_ in a gale, _ib._; gives battle to the _Wasp_, 107; wounded, 112; surrenders, 116; his ship recaptured by the _Poictiers_, 118. Whipple, Abraham, in command of boats attacking the _Gaspé_, i. 9; commands American ship _Columbus_, 66; in charge of the _Providence_, 281. Whiskey demijohns for torpedoes, iv. 350. White River, Ark., Federal operations on, iv. 307. White Squadron, formation of, iv. 531–554. _Whitehead_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 457. Wickes, Captain Lambert, in the fight with the _Shark_, i. 71; carries Franklin to France, 114; captures prizes, _ib._; goes on a cruise in the Bay of Biscay, _ib._; captures fifteen prizes, 118. Wilderness, building war-ships and gun-boats in the, ii. 286. Wilkes, Captain Charles, stops the British steamer _Trent_ and takes off Mason and Slidell, iv. 144–160; sails into Boston, with his prisoners, 148, 149; his conduct commended by Secretary of the Navy Welles, _ib._ Wilkinson, General, attempts to attack Montreal, ii. 271; expedition fails, 272; builds winter quarters on Salmon River, _ib._ _William_, American merchant-ship, captured by the _Java_, ii. 153; recaptured by Captain Lawrence, of the _Hornet_, 181. _William S. Robins_, merchant-ship, captured by Confederate privateers, iv. 97. Williams, Richard, reports to the British Government on the _Trent_ affair, iv. 150. Williams, Captain John Foster, captures the British brig _Active_, i. 206; fights and blows up the British privateer _Admiral Duff_, 207; compels the frigate _Thames_ to haul off, _ib._ Williamson, Chief Engineer W. P., assists in the reconstruction of the frigate _Merrimac_ into an ironclad, iv. 185–186. _Will-o’-the-Wisp_, blockade runner, iv. 57; description of, _ib._ _Wilmer_, American gun-boat, iii. 141.