h North Carolina, Tennessee, or Arkansas;
tries to aid Missouri loyalists;
confident in efficiency of North;
his capacities unknown to people;
question of his "inspiration";
his masterfulness not realized;
question as to his relations with advisers;
obliged to restrain Chase and Seward;
his relations with Chase;
receives Seward's "Thoughts";
his reply to Seward;
realizes his own responsibility and accepts it;
receives absurd advice;
proclaims blockade of Southern ports;
advised to "close" ports;
sees necessity of admitting war;
decides to act efficiently without regard to Constitution;
instructs Scott to watch Maryland legislature;
issues order to arrest Maryland secessionists;
orders Scott to suspend writ of habeas corpus;
denounced by Taney;
issues proclamation authorizing further suspension;
states his argument to Congress;
calls for more volunteers;
takes pains with message which he sends to Congress;
on neutrality of Kentucky;
on blockade;
on secession;
appeals for ample means to end war;
appoints McClellan to command Army of Potomac;
avoids connection with Ball's Bluff affair;
appoints McClellan to succeed Scott;
sees that popular demand for action must be followed;
puzzled by McClellan's refusal to move;
forced to bear military responsibility;
his freedom from self-seeking;
urges McClellan to advance;
discouraged by McClellan's illness, consults McDowell and Franklin;
consults McClellan;
exasperates McClellan by his action;
appoints Stanton to succeed Cameron;
his lack of personal feeling against Stanton;
his patience toward Stanton;
his letter to Halleck;
wishes a direct attack;
accused by McClellan's friends of meddling;
decides to force action;
issues General War Order No.;
its purpose political rather than military;
orders McClellan to move South;
asks McClellan to justify his plan;
calls council of generals;
accepts McClellan's plan;
insists on preservation of capital;
political reasons for his anxiety to hold Washington;
reasons why his plan should have been adopted;
never convinced of superiority of McClellan's scheme;
issues General War Order to secure Washington;
unmoved by abuse of McClellan's enemies;
relieves McClellan of general command;
forced by Congress to divide Army of Potomac into corps;
appreciates importance of Western operations;
urges on Wester