He witnessed great triumphs and he had a share in them.
He saw Bragg's army broken up, and he rejoiced with the others when the news came that Grant for his brilliant successes had been made commander of all the armies of the Union, and would go east to match himself against the mighty Lee.

The Winchester regiment would go with him and Dick, Warner, Pennington and Sergeant Whitley, who was entirely recovered, talked of it gravely: "We've been in the East before," said Pennington, "but we won't be under any doubting general now." "I fancy it will be the death grapple," said Warner.
"And the continent will shake with it," said Dick.
The three, as if by the same impulse, turned and faced the distant East, where the shades were already gathering over the Wilderness.
Appendix: Transcription notes: This etext was transcribed from a volume of the 14th printing.
The following modifications were applied while transcribing the printed book to etext: Chapter 1 Page 30, para 1, add missing close-quotes Chapter 2 Page 39, para 1, add missing close-quotes Page 48, para 4, change "its" to "it's" Chapter 3 Page 72, para 1, add missing close-quotes Chapter 8 Page 174, para 2, add a badly-needed comma Page 182, para 3, change "replied Pennington" to "replied Warner" Page 185, para 5, add missing close-quotes Chapter 10 Page 216, para 2, move a badly-misplaced comma Page 217, para 5, add a badly-needed comma Chapter 12 Page 258, para 2, add missing open-quotes Chapter 14 Page 297, para 1, fixed typo "Mississipians" Chapter 15 Page 320, para 2, remove an extra comma Limitations imposed by converting to plain ASCII: - The word "cooperated" in chapter 8 was presented in the printed book with an accented "o" - In chapter 11, "Caesar" was presented with the "ae" ligature - In chapter 11, the ship's name "Union" was presented in italics - In chapter 14, "Thermopylae" was presented with the "ae" ligature.