issues General War Order No. [1], [332];
its purpose political rather than military, [332], [333];
orders McClellan to move South, [333];
asks McClellan to justify his plan, [334];
calls council of generals, [335], [336];
accepts McClellan's plan, [337];
insists on preservation of capital, [337];
political reasons for his anxiety to hold Washington, [337]-[339];
reasons why his plan should have been adopted, [339];
never convinced of superiority of McClellan's scheme, [340];