Wilmington, N. C., a favorite resort of blockade-runners, iv. 41. Wilson, Lieutenant-commander Byron, iv. 363–369. _Winnebago_, Federal monitor, iv. 386. _Winona_, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 315. _Wissahickon_, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 315. _Wolfe_, British sloop-of-war, ii. 348. Wood, Lieutenant John Taylor, iv. 189; boards and destroys the Federal gun-boat _Underwriter_, 452; his statement on the retiring of the _Monitor_ from the fight, 230, 231. Woodworth, Lieutenant S. E., iv. 364. Woolsey, Lieutenant Melancthon, ii. 264. Worden, Lieutenant John L., causes Fort Pickens to be reinforced, iv. 119; arrested and held prisoner for seven months, _ib._; Captain of the _Monitor_, 205; begins the battle with the _Merrimac_, 219; gets to close quarters, 222; has his ship under good control, 212; disabled, 225; Lieutenant Greene succeeds him in command, 229; transferred to a tug and taken to Washington, 230; letter to him from his crew, 233; Captain of the _Montauk_, 480. Wright, Governor, of St. John’s, captured by Captain Selman, i. 203; released, _ib._ _Wyalusing_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 457. Wyer, Captain, captures four prizes in the Mediterranean, iii. 343. Wyman, Captain R. W., at Port Royal, iv. 163. Yankee squadron, first cruise of the, i. 48. _Yarmouth_, British ship, attacked by the _Randolph_, i. 162. Yarnall, Lieutenant, in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 313; Perry leaves him in charge, 318. Yellow fever decimates the crews of the American ships before Vera Cruz, iii. 418. Yeo, Sir James L., placed in command of the British naval forces on Lake Ontario, ii. 348; captures the American brig _Vixen_ in the West Indies, _ib._; sends an insulting challenge to Captain Porter of the _Essex_, _ib._; captures two schooners and supplies, _ib._; meets Commodore Chauncey’s squadron, 349; has some brushes with the enemy, 350–353; operations on Lake Ontario, iii. 114–126. _York_, Confederate privateer, iv. 93. Yucatan, Mexico, governed by the Americans during the Mexican War, iii. 414. Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed. Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced. Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations. The illustrations on pages 236-237 and 284-285 were printed as two-page spreads in the original book, but shown as wide illustrations in this eBook.