ewell speech in, 205-208

University of Georgia, 6-12;
annual address at, 331, 332

University of Virginia, course at, 13

Utah, acquisition of, 67;
question of organization of Territory, 79

Van Buren, Pres. Martin, censured by Toombs, 31;
Toombs on, 367

Vandyke, John, opposes Toombs in House of Representatives, 72

Vincent, characterization of Toombs, Hill, and Stephens, 184, 185

Virginia, ----, settlement of the Toombs family in, 2;
supports Calhoun, 29;
Brown's raid into, 169, 170;
secedes, 233

Waddell, Pres. Moses, 8, 9

Wade, ----, vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 115

Walker, Levi P., Secretary of War of Confederate States, 221;
instructions to Beauregard about Fort Sumter, 224, 225

Walker, Robert J., governor of Kansas, 160

Walker, Gen. W. H. T., dispute with Gen. Hill at Chickamauga, 258, 259

Walthall, Gen. E. C., 277

War, Toombs' views on, 57

"War between the States," 75, 98, 185, 371

Warner, Hiram, opinion of Homestead and Exemption laws, 318

Warwick River, Toombs' operations on, 244

Washington, D. C., imperiled after first battle of Manassas, 238;
Army of Northern Virginia advances on, 262

Washington, Ga., Mrs. Toombs' residence at, 4;
distinguished men around, 16;
speech at, 98, 99;
debate between Toombs and Hill at, 144-152;
Toombs elected commissioner, 192;
the Toombs home at, 360

Washington County, escape through, 299

Waterloo, visit to field of, 126

Webster, Rev. Alexander, 6

Webster, Daniel, compared with Toombs, 14;
last efforts of, 68;
great Union speech of, 79;
tribute to, 99, 104, 367;
nominated for Presidency, 99;
admiration for, in the South, 100;
Secretary of State, 100;
friendship with Toombs, 101;
death, 102, 107;
Hayne's challenge to, 175;
his loss felt, 201

Wellborn, Speaker, 39

Wesleyan Female College, 9

Western and Atlantic Railroad, 40

West Indies, effects of emancipation in, 134, 137

West Point, Toombs' opinion of training at, 246-249;
criticism of officers from, 273;
criticism not sustained, 275

Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, 301, 303

Whig party, demand internal improvements, 40;
attitude toward protection, 46;
in campaign of 1844, 51, 55;
position in campaign of 1848, 60;
caucus of 1845, 68-70;
joint action with Democrats in Georgia, 85;
convention at Baltimore, 97;
Southern opposition to Pres