The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-08-14
A Good Months Work.

The Tribune sums up the work accom-
Plished by the Union army during the month
of July. as follows:
Jaly ,. The victory at Gettysburg. Reb-
el loss in killed, wounded and prisoners,
33,00o.
July /. Capture of Vicksburg, with 81
0a0 prisoners, 220 guns, and 10000 small
arms.
July t. Victory at Helena, Arkansas, the
rebels losing 200 killed, wounded and pris-
one-..
July 1. Rebel evacuation of Tullahoma,
as the resul: of series of contests in which
tac rebel loss was over 1000.
July G. Defeat Of Stuart by Buford at
Hanover, with loss of 1000 prisoners, and
two guns.
July 5. Capture of Port Hudson, 1000
prisoners, and numerous cannon and small
arms.
July $. Successful cavalry engagement
near Funkstown, Gen. Pleasanton capturing
700 prisoners.
July .. Another victory by our cavalry.
under Buford and Fitzpatrick, at Boonsboro.
July 10. The rebel batteries on Morris
Island in Charleston harbor attacked and
carried, and secure foothold gained on the
island for future operations against Fort
Sumter.
Jnly Is. Yazoo City, six guns, a gunboat,
large quantities of stores, and 500 prisoners
ca. lred by our forces.
5uly II. \ brigade of rebels and two guns
captured at Falling Waters, and the rebel
Gen. Pettigrew killed.
July IT. Admiral Lee captures Fort Pow
haitian, on the James river.
July l6. Joe Johnston is driven out of
Jackson. Mississippi, by our forces under
Gen. Sherman, with the loss of stores de-
stroyed and captured and large amounts of
rolling stock on the railroads.
July l6. Victory of Gen. Blunt at Elk
Creek over 1000 rebels under Cooper, with
capture of two guns and 100 prisoners.
July l.. Two expeditions, one up the Red
river and one to Natchez. make large cap
lures, OF steamer, $4,000 Enfield rifles, 5000
head of cattle, some hundreds of thousand
rounds OF ammunition, and a number of
cannon.
Jolly Is. Morgan loses 1000 of his guer-
lila gang near Burlington, Ohio.
July 10. About 800 more of the same ex-
pedition captured.
July 10. Two companies of rebels and an
ammunition train captured at Jackson, Tenn.
July -. Morean's lieutenant, Basil Duke,
and 100 of his men taken prisoners al
Georges Greek.
July -. Railway bridge, $50 feet long,
over the Tar river at Rocky Mount, DESTROY
ed by cavalry expedition fiom Newbern, to-
gether with great amount of public prop
eriy, two steamers and one iron-clai nearly
finished.
July -. Capture of Brashear City, La
Jl!y n. Capture of Wytheyille, and l25
prisoners.
Jaly a6. John Morgan and all the remain
der of his forces surrender 10 Gen. Shaekle-
ford.
July y. Rebels defeated at Lexington,
Tenn, wit. loss of colonel, and other
Oii;t rs, and tao cannon.
Jp,y ~. The rebel Gen. Pegram defeated
at Paris. ny, with severe losses.
July %. Rebels, 1000 strong, defeated al
Winchester, ky., by Col. Sanders.
July 81. Successful attack on the enemy
at Lancaster, Ky.
Twenty-eight successful contests, with a
loss to the enemy of more than 300 guns
and $4,000 prisoners. Lee driven back into
Virginia, the Mississippi open from its source
to tie Gulf, the rebels expelled from nearly
all Tennessee and Mississippi, the territory
subject to their military control reduced to
states Of Alabama, Georgia, South and North
Carolina and a part of Virginia. We may
indeed with full hearts thank God for his
mercies, and from his manifestations of low
: ing kindness to the cause of humanity and
Justice, conceive new hopes of the destiny of
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