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 Wilkinson, Gen. James, takes Mobile, 352, 353

William III., 54, 57

William and Mary College, 194, 199, 201, 206-208, 214-216; see also Williamsburg

William of Orange, 61

Williamsburg, xxix, 162, 296; Lyon G. Tyler on, 185-217; its site, 185-188; settlement of, 190; Bacon's Rebellion, 191; capital removed to, 194; before the Revolution, 196-201; the Convention of 1776, 201-204; capital removed to Richmond, 206; William and Mary College, 206-208; social life in, 208-213; the Civil War, 215; since the war, 216

Williamson, Hugh, 228

Wills, Rev. John, 233

Wilmington, N. C., xxx; Bishop J. B. Cheshire on, 219-247; physical background, 219-222; neighboring towns, 223-234; founding of, 234; early history, 235-238; resists Stamp Act, 238-240; in the Revolution, 240-244; in the Civil War, 244-247

Wilson, Alexander, 504, 518

Wilson, Augusta Evans, 376, 377

Winder, General, at Bladensburg, 132

Winona, the, 368

Wirt, Wm., quoted, 174

Wise, Henry A., 168

Wolseley, Lord, on the siege of Charleston, 280

Woodbine, 355

Woodward, Captain, quoted, 380, 388

Wragg, Wm., 271

Wright, General, 315

Wright, Gov. Sir J., 294, 312

Wright's Ferry and the national capital, 108

Wythe, George, 160, 213, 214

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Yale College, 208

Yancey at Montgomery, 379, 399-404, 408

Yarborough, John W., xxviii

Yeamans, Sir John, 229, 231, 251

Yell, Archibald, 548

Yerger, Senator George, 440

York, Pa., 10, 11

Yorktown, xix, 24, 165, 186, 188, 244, 299

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Zogbaum, Rufus Fairchild, 276