Yet the triumph had been great, and again, when the telegraph brought the news of it, the swell of victory passed through the North.
The Winchester regiment was drawn up near Woodstock, already dismounted, the men standing beside their horses.

The camp cooks were lighting the fires for breakfast, but many of the young cavalrymen fell asleep first.
Dick managed to keep awake long enough for his food, and then, at the order of the colonel, he slept on the ground, awaiting the command of Sheridan which might come at any moment..