The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-08-14
Items Of Thanksgiving.

The copperheads at Portland last weck
could seo nothing in the present aspect Of
affairs 10 DO thankful for. OF course, they
couldn't, inasmuch as during tho last month
the rebellion has received terrible blows from
which Il never can recover. Il would have
been moro in consonance with tho feeling Of
the democrats for tho President to have ap-
pointed day Of sackcloth and ashes |; for,
ono month moro Of such victories, and the
whole democratic party Of the South will bc
either killed or taken prisoners Here 10
what tho copperheads mourn over
July 8. Tho victory at Gettysburg. Rebel
loss In killed, wounded and prisoners, 3d.
600.
4. Capture Of Vicksburg, with $1,000
prisoners. 220 guns, and 10000 small arms.
4. Victory at Helena, Arkansas, the reb.
els losing 2,700 killed, wounded and prison
crs.
6. Defeat Of Stuart by Buford at Hsno
yer, with loss OF 1000 prisoners, and two
guns.
8. Capture of Port Hudson, 1000 prison.
ers. and numerous cannon and small arms.
9. Another victory by our cavalry, under
Buford and Fitzpatrick, at Boonsboro.
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.
l3. Yazoo City, elk guns, gunboat. largo
quantities Of stores, and 500 prisoners, cap
tured by our forces.
IA. A brigade of rebels and two guns cap
tured at Falling Waters, and the rebel gen.
eral Pettigrew killed.
IA. Admiral Lee captures Fort Powhatan
on the James river.
l6. Joe Johnston is driven out Of Jack.
son, Mississippi, by our !orccS under General
Sherman, with the loss Of stores destroyed
and captured, and large amounts OF rolling
stock on the railroads.
l6. Victory OF Gen. Blunt ut Elk Greek,
over 5000 rebels under Cooper, with cap
ture of two guns and 100 prisoners.
II. Two expeditions. one up the Red river
and one to Natchez, make large captures.
steamer, Il, 900 Enfield rifles, 5 900 head OF
cattle, some hundreds OF thousands OF rounds
of ammunition, and number Of cannon.
Is. Morgan loses 1000 Of his guerilla
gang near Burlington, Ohio. :.
10. About 300 more of the same cxpedi'
tion captured.
10. Two companies Of rebels aud an am.
munition train captured ut jackson, Tennes.
see.
90. Morgan's lieutenant, Basil Duke, and
l 500 Of his men, taken prisoners at Georges 8
Creek.
%. Railway bridge, $50 feet long, over
the Tar river at Rocky Mount, destroyed by
cavalry expedition from Newburn, together
with great amount Of public property. two
steamers and one iron clad nearly tnished.
%. Capture of Brashear City, La.
"a. Capture OF Wysheyille and l25 pris.
oners.
&c. John Morgan and all the remainder OF
his forces surrender 10 Gen. Shackelford.
%. Rebels defeated 1T Lexington, Tcnn.,
with loss of colonel and other officers, and
two cannon.
90. The rebel Gen. Pegram defeated ut
Paris, KY, with severe Losses.
80. Rebels. 1000 strong, defeated ut Win
chester. Ky. by Col. Sanders.
81. Successful attack on tho enemy ut
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 tssource
to the Gulf. the rebels expelled from nearly
all Tennessee and Mississippi, tho territory
subject to their military control. reduced to
tho States of Alabama, Georgia, South and
North Carolina, and a part Of Virginia. We
may indeed with full hearts thank God for
his nercies, and from his manifestations OF
loving kindnes, to tho cause OF humanity
and justice. conceive new hopes Of the dssti.
ny OF this Republic.