Secretary Stanton meets the brass
According to the Library of Congress this drawing illustrates a reception given by Edwin Stanton, the new Secretary of War, at the War Department. General McClellan, is dutifully at Stanton’s side.
According to The New-York Times of January 22, 1862 McClellan moved his headquarters to the War Department the next day. This piece is part of an article with a Washington January 21, 1862 dateline:
General McClellan moves
