shows incompetence in organizing army, 343, 344;
praises Wilkes for capturing Mason and Slidell, 381;
communicates Lincoln's approval to McClellan, ii. [32];
loses head during Jackson's raid, [53];
bitter letter of McClellan to, [62];
becomes McClellan's merciless enemy, [63];
tries to prevent reappointment of McClellan, [81];
wishes to take troops from Meade for Rosecrans, [168];
repudiates Sherman's terms with Johnston, [239];