McClellan showed that he fully understood the difficulties there would be before him, and said that no man could wholly master them at once, although he had confidence that if a few weeks' time for preparation were given, he would be able to put the Ohio division into reasonable form for taking the field.

The command was then formally tendered and accepted.

All of us who were present felt that the selection was one full of promise and hope, and that the governor had done the wisest thing practicable at the time.
The next morning McClellan requested me to accompany him to the State Arsenal, to see what arms and material might be there.

We found a few boxes of smooth-bore muskets which had once been issued to militia companies and had been returned rusted and damaged.

No belts, cartridge-boxes, or other accoutrements were with them.