insists on McDowell's movement, 55;

his blunder a fatal one, 56;

not a quick thinker, 57;

ruins McClellan's campaign, 57, 58;

begins to lose patience with McClellan's inaction, 60;

appoints Halleck commander-in-chief, 65;

his constancy in support of McClellan, 66;

does not sacrifice McClellan as scapegoat, 67;

visits Harrison's Landing, 67;

avoids any partisanship in whole affair, 68;