Meaning: "You watch out, Henry, 'an take good care of yerself in this here fighting business . Don't go a-thinkin' you can lick the hull rebel army at the start, because yeh can't.

Yer jest one little feller amongst a hull lot of others, and yeh’ve got to keep quiet an’ do what they tell yeh. I know how you are, Henry."

Henry will die in battle.

Henry will be only one small part in the machinery of war.

Henry will gain great recognition for himself.

Henry will return to his mother a defeated man.