He could never forget that.

He cherished it and rolled it under his tongue.

It was an omen of what was to come.

If they could only get leaders of the first rank they would soon end the war.
He found himself laughing aloud in the anticipation of what Pope's Army of Virginia would do in the coming day to the rebels.

It might even happen that McClellan with the Army of the Potomac would also come upon the field.