Congress approved of the appointment of Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War. Mr. Lincoln had put aside his personal feelings about Stanton to make the appointment. While representing opposite sides in a dispute as attorneys, Stanton had once characterized Mr. Lincoln as a gorilla. Mr. Lincoln thought Stanton was of impeccable honesty with great attention to detail.
Mr. Lincoln's charge to Mr. Stanton was to get the army moving. The president had recently characterized the war effort as "exceedingly discouraging" saying if General McClellan did not want to use the army (now in winter quarters) Mr. Lincoln would like to borrow them.
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