The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-24
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Below will be fOuno ohIVn"ObiNa
abatement of the success achieved by th'
Union forces during the month OF July"
This does not include minor skirmishes,
In which our troops were successful
neither does it include the captures BY
our blookading squadron
July 3-Meade's victory over Lee AZ
Gettysburg, with rebel loss In killed and
wounded and prisoners Of 30, 900
July 4-OApture of Vicksburg by
Grant With 1000 prisoners, and owe,
200 heavy guns.
July 4-Genersl Prentiss fights the
rebels At n slena, Arkansas, and defeats
them with . loss of 2,700 in killed
wounded and prisoners.
July 4-Rosecrans compels Bragg to
evAcuate Tullahoma. Rebel loss in the
series Of engagements over 1000.
July 6-Gen. Buford Whips 3 mart and
captures 367 prisoners aud two guns.
July Banks captures Port Hudson,
with 5000 prisoners.
July Seen. PleaaantOn defeats the
rebel cavalry, near Fankstown, oAptur-
ing GOO prisoners.
July 9-Buford and Fitzpatrick engage
the enemy near Boonsboro, and defesl
them, taking a number Of prisoners.
July l0--Attack on the approaches g.
Charleston commenced and the batter
les on the lower end of Morris Island
captured by our forces.
July 13--YazoO City captured by our
gunboats, and several hundred prisoners,
six heavy guns, and gunboat taken.
July 14-Battle of Falling Water; l,
500 rebels and several guns captured.
July 14--FOrt POwhatten, on James
River, taken by Admiral Lee.
July 16--Our orces under Gen Sher-
man occupy Jackson MISS, capturing
Jorge amount of stores, railroad relling
stock, etc, and driving the rebel john
son into ntral Mississippi
July 10 Gen. Blunt obtains a victory
over the rebels at Elk Creek, Arkansas
killing 60 rebels, capturing 100 prisoners
and two guns.
July IL Cor about that time OK
petition up the Red river capturing two
steamers, several transports, ZOO En-
field rifles, and large amount Of am
munition. &
July 17.--AE expedition sent by Gen
Grant 70 Nstchtz. captured 5000 head OF
cattle. 100000 rounds of ammunition,
and several pieces of arti lery.
July 18tk.--The guerilla Morgan "cOr-
nered" 81 Burlington, Ohio, and 1000 OF
his men captured.
July 19th--300 Of Morgan guerrillas
bsgged near BufIington.
July 19--Col. Hatch attacks the reb
els at Ackson, Tenn, and captures two
companies and an artillery train.
July 20-1 900 of Morgan's men, in.
GLIDING Basil Duke, captured At Georges
Creek.
July 22-Expedition from Newberr
attack Tarboro, N. c.; 100 prisoners cap.
tured and an iron clad and two gunbo At.
destroyed.
July 22-Brashear City, La, surren.
dered TO our forces under Col johnson.
July 24-Colonel Tolland captures
Whitesville and I25 prisoners.
July 26-- Morgan bagged Salinevlle
also, 200 of bis men.
July 28--Our troops under Col Hatch
encounter the rebels at Lexington, Tenn.
routing them, and capturing a Colonel
two Lieutenants, twenty five privates
and two pieces of artillery.
July 29-Gen. Pegrsm ia engaged bl
our forces at Paris, KY, and repulset
with serious loss in killed, wounded an'
prisoners.
July 30--Col. Sanders attacks the reb
els 1000 strong at Winchester, KY, an,
routs them with considerable loss.
July 31-0ur forces attack the enem
at Lancaster, Ky, kill and wound TWEEN
ty, and take 100 prisoners.
Thus we have an aggregate OF twenty
eight successful engag ements agsins
the rebels within the compass of q singl
month. Over eighty thousand Of th
enemy were killed, wounded, or take
prisoners, and no less than three hundre
pieces of heavy artillery and a hundre
thousand stand of small arms taken. 4
pretty good July's work