opposes plan to dash at Richmond, 144;

directs Hooker to obey Halleck, 145, 146;

appoints Meade to succeed Hooker, 146, 147;

urges Meade to attack Lee after Gettysburg, 149;

angry at Meade's failure, 150;

his letter to Meade, 150-152;

annoyed by Democratic proposals for peace, 152;

refuses to receive Stephens. 153;

annoyed by inaction of Rosecrans, 156;

urged to remove Grant, 161;