Titanic, iceberg causes sinking of,15.Topsail Inlet, wrecks near,52,75.Tornado, Spanish man-of-war, capture of steamerVirginiusby,243.Tuscarora, U.S.S., blockader,79,99.Umbria, steamship, swept by tidal wave,36.Usina, Capt. Michael, quoted,108,109.Venus, derelict blockade runner,85-88,90,166.Vesta, derelict blockade runner,97,100,101.Vila, derelict merchant ship,10.Virgin, steamer. SeeVirginius.Virginia, blockade runner, name changed,112.Virginius, steamer, barbarous treatment of officers and crew by Spaniards,243,244;capture of,243;recognition by Spanish Government of American rights to,246;rescue of part of crew of,244,245;sale of,242;sinking of,246.Vizetelly, Frank, correspondent ofLondon Illustrated News,160,163.Vogel, Capt. Leo,187.Vulture, blockade runner,131.Wachusett, U.S.S., capture of C.S.Floridaby,278.Walker, Maj. Norman S., Confederate agent,131,134.Wartah, steamship, capsizing of,33,34.Welles, Hon. Gideon, Secretary U.S. Navy,100,136,142,225.Western Bar of Cape Fear River,223,236.Whiting, American consul at Nassau, dispute with Captain Maffitt,216;experience with Confederate flag,216,217.Whiting, Gen. W.H.C., commander Confederate forces in Wilmington,91;mentioned,67,162,191,192;official report by,91-93.Whitworth guns,54,58,83,91,92,93,134,170,193,197.Wild Dayrell, derelict blockade runner,66,72-78.Wilkes, Commodore,108,109.Wilkinson, Capt. John, account of activities in Confederate Navy,221-227;commander blockade runnerChameleon,xii;C.S. steamer,R.E. Lee,221;quoted,221-231,231-233.Will-o'-the-Wisp, blockade runner,121.Williams, Robert,198.Williams, Capt. Thomas,21.Wilmington, N.C., advantages as port for blockade runners,57,94,223,266;approaches to,266;Confederate troops stationed in and around,92,174;construction of Confederate ships at,172,174;effect of the war on,227-229.Wilmington Historical and Literary Society, investigations by,62-64.Wilson, Captain, blockade runnerMargaret and Jessie,235,236.Wilson, Rev. Doctor, father of the President,62.Wilson, Capt. William, account of exploits with shipEmily St. Pierre,250-262.Wise, Captain, blockade runnerCape Fear,112.W.L. White, derelict merchant ship,5.Wood, Doctor,63.Wrightsville Beach, wrecks near,51,56.Yamacraw, Coast Guard cutter,45.