He must have known that his star was rising.

He, more than any other, with his valor, penetrating mind and decision had saved the Northern army from complete destruction the first day at Shiloh.

He had not been able to avert defeat, but he had prevented utter ruin.

His division alone had held together in the face of the Southern attack until night came.
Sherman must have recalled, too, how his statement that the North would need 200,000 troops in the west alone had been sneered at, and he had been called mad.

But he neither boasted nor predicted, continuing to watch intently the swelling battle.
"I had enough fighting yesterday to last me a hundred years," said Warner to Dick, "but it seems that I'm to have more today.