Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"The command of the Army of Virginia is specially assigned to Major-General John Pope, as commanding general."

"The forces under Major-Generals Fremont, Banks, and McDowell, including the troops now under Brigadier-General Sturgis at Washington, shall be consolidated and form one army, to be called the Army of ..."

"The accompanying treaty, made and concluded at the city of Washington on the 24th day of June, 1862."

"The action of the Senate is of course conclusive against an acceptance of the treaties on my part."