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Yes. He could give orders to the General-in-Chief (and sack him and select a replacement), though he preferred consultation.
When McClellan was dragging his feet, planning the Peninsula campaign, Lincoln said "If General McClellan does not want to use the army, perhaps I may borrow it for a while."
After McClellan was demoted from the post of General-in-Chief, there was no-one in that job for a while. In the interval before Halleck was appointed, Lincoln was effectively the supreme commander.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoNo not directly he had officers for that. He was pretty "hands on" and kept in contact with his generals.
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head
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