… I very much wanted to go back [to the Army], but Mr. Lincoln made a personal point [of my taking my seat in the House of Representatives]. In the first place, he said that the Republican majority in Congress was very small, and there was great doubt whether we could certainly carry the necessary measures; and in the next place, he was greatly lacking in men of military experience in the House, to regulate the legislation about the army. So I went in, and was immediately put upon the Military Committee.