Why did president lincoln state, “if mcclellan is not using the army, i should like to borrow it”?

answer:

mcclellan was an interesting man, full of both strengths and weaknesses. a brilliant engineer and a great organizer, mcclellan created the army of the potomac, the union's mighty fighting force. he just didn't want to use it.

mcclellan was better at organizing than fighting. he was highly intelligent, but couldn't wage a successful campaign. he always had an excuse for not engaging the enemy: his men were outnumbered (actually, they were not); he needed more troops; and it wasn't a good time or place or season for a battle. once, lincoln was so frustrated at mcclellan's failure to act that he sent the general a telegram that read, "if general mcclellan does not want to use the army, i would like to borrow it for a time, provided i could see how it could be made to do something."

mcclellan graduated second in his class from west point, the united states military academy. he fought under winfield scott in mexico, and after the mexican war, he studied european armies. he resigned from the army to work as chief engineer for a railroad company, and he was very successful.

explanation:

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the answer is option a.