The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-08-26
THE WORK CT JULY.


Below will be found chronological
statement Of the success achieved By the
Union forces during the month of July.
This does not include miner skirmishes,
in which our troops were successful;
neither does it include the captures By
our blockading squadrons
July 3-Meade's victory over Lee at
Gettysburg, with rebel loss in killed,
wounded aud prisoners of $4,000
July Capture of Vicksburg BY
Grant, with $1,000 prisoners and over
200 heavy guns.
July 4-Gen. Prentlss fights the Reb-
els at Helena, Ark, and defeats them
with loss of 2,700 in killed wounded
and prisoners.
july 4-Rosencrans compels Bragg to
evacuate Tulahoma. (Rebel loss in the
series of engagements, over 10000
July General Buford whips Stuart,
ard captures 967 prisoners and two guns.
July S-Banks captures Port Hudson
with 5000 prisoners.
July 8-General Pleasanton defeats
the rebel cavalry near Funkstown, cap
turing 600 prisoners.
July 9-Buford and Fitzpatrick engage
the enemy near Boonsboro, and defeat
them, taking number of prisoners.
July 1o-Attack on the approaches to
Charleston commenced. and the batteries
on the lower end of Norris Island cap
tured by our forces.
July 13-Yazoo City captured By our
gunboats, and several hundred prisoners,
six heavy guns, and a gunboat taken
July 14-Battle of Falling Waters,
1,500 rebels aud several guns captured.
July 14-Fort Powhattan On James
River, taken by Admiral Lee.
Jnly 16-Our forces under Gen. Sher-
man occupy Jackson, Miss, capturing a
large amount Of stores, railroad rolling
stock, etc, etc, and driving the rebel
Johnson into Central Mississippi
July 16-General Blunt obtains vic
tory over the rebels at Elk Greek, Ark,
killing sixty rebels, capturing one hun
dred prisoners and two guns.
July l1-An expedition up the Red
River captures two steamers. several
transports, $4,000 Enfield rifles, and a
large amount of ammunition.
July 17--An expedition sent BY Gen.
eral Grant to Natchez captures 5000
head of cattle, 100000 rounds of am
munition, and several pieces of artillery.
July 18-The guerrilla Morgan "cor-
nered" at Burlington, and 1000 of his
men captured.
July 1890 Of Morgan's guerrillas
bagged near Burlington.
July 19-Col. Hatch attacks the reb-
els at Jackson, Tenn, and captures two
companies and an artillery train.
July 20-1, 500 OF Morgan's men in
cludiug Basil Duke, captured at Georges
Greek.
July 22.-Ezpedition from Newbern
attack Tarborough, n. c., 100 prisoners
captured and an iron-clad and two gun
boats destroyed.
July 23-Brashear city, La, surrer-
dered to our forces under Col. johnson.
July 24-Colonel Tolland captures
Whitesville, and takes 125 prisoners.
July 26-Morgan bagged at Salinyille;
also 200 of his meo.
July 28-Our troops under Colonel
Hatch encounter the Rebels at Lezing-
ton, Tenn, routing them and capturing a
Colonel, two Lieutenants, twenty FIVE pri-
Yates and two pieces of artillery.
July 29-General Pegram is engaged
by our forces at Paris, KY, and repulsed
with serious loss in killed, wounded and
prisoners.
July 3G-Colonel Sanders attacks the
rebels (2,000 strong at Winchester, Ky i,
and rou.s them with considerable loss.
July 3I-Our forces attack the enemy
at Lancaster, Ky, kill and wound twenty
and take 100 prisoners.
Thus we have an aggregate of twenty
eight successful engagements against the
rebels within the compass of single
month. Over eighty thousand Of the
enemy we're killed, wounded, or taken
prisoners, and no less than three hundred
pieces of heavy artillery and hundred
thousand stand OF small arms taken. 4
pretty good July's work
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