Through his instrumentality and skillful manipulation, all these had been restored.

We had been under his command nearly twelve months.

He was more popular with his troops day by day.

We had made a long and arduous campaign, lasting four months; there was not a single day in that four months that did not find us engaged in battle with the enemy.

History does not record a single instance of where one of his lines was ever broken--not a single rout.