Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-09-16

WHAT HAS BEEN AocoaIPL1sHRB SINCE

THE WAR COMMENCED
When the rebellion was inaugurated BY JEFF.
Davis ordering Gen. BeauregaFd to open fFe On
Sumter, the n orth had no army Organized;-nO
navy, because a Democratic Secretary Of the
Navy managed TO have our sbips-of.war scat
tered all over the world for the purpose of aiding
secession; no arms, because a Democratic Sec
retary Of War managed to store three -fourths of
all our arms, including all rifed mHskets in
Southern. Arsenals, which were seized by the
rebels according toprogramne, while there were
lett IN the Northern Arsenels One-fourth Of the
arms belonging to Government, all inferior
smooth -oeres Yet in spite Of all these tre-
under, We of the North have succeeded In ac-
compl'shing a gigantic work during the last
three years. s~,s-s
During that time we have Organized and ID
ucated one OF the largest armies the world ever
saw. .f-s
!. We have manufactured over million stand
of Springfield muskets.
We have turqed out over 1000 pieces of f;eld
artillery. fr...s.
We have manufactured over 1000 heavy guns.
ranging from 30 pound riAed to 20 inch loo
Founders.
We have built over 50 iron-clads, and more
than hundred wooden men-of-war
We have driven secessionism out of MARYLAND.
and made it Strong Union State.
We have taken she city of Baltimore out of
the hands of a secession mob and held it.
We have turned neutral Kentucky intoa
strong Union State sai - rFii.-
We have taken all of Western Virginia and
held it.
We have taken Cape Hatteras and held it.
We have taken Port Royal and held il.
We have taken Fort Henry and held Il. ~ 8
We have taken Fort Donelsen and held II.
we nave taken Island No. 10 and held it.
We have f1k kor,iE |. 4 n n
We have taken Fort Macon and held IL.
We have taken Fort Philip and held Il : -.
we have taken Fort jackson and held II
We have captured the city of New Orleaps
and held it. goo - eFf' %
We have taken Pensacola and held it.
We have captured Norfolk and held il.
We have captured Newbern, N c.. and held il.
ton, and held it.
We have taken the city Of Memphis and held
we have taken Nashville and held it.
we have captured knoxville and held it.
we nave driven the rebels out of Tennessee
and held the entire State
We have taken Vieksbarg, with OO0O priso-
-ners and held il. qls. ~
We have taken Port Hudson and held it, ,tr
We have taken Fort Wagner and held il.
We have taken Natchez and held it.
we have captured Baton Rogue and held it.
We have opened the Mississippi and kept it
opened. -
We have taken Little Rock, Ark, and heidi.
We have captured Chattanooga and held it.
we have taken Cleveland, Tenn, and held it.
We have taken Fort Powell and held it.
We have captured Fort Morgan and held it.
We have taken City Point and Bermuda
Hundred and held them.
We have destroyed or gained possession of
| one-thIrd of the rebel railways.
AT the commencement of the war the %Old
Flag" only hOated in one Of The seeded States
-Virginia; none u floats is al Of them.
T. We have on hand $1,000 more rebel prisoners
| than they have Union prisoners
We have won four times as many battles and
skirmishes as the rebels, - s..so-
Out of some 40 vessels of war the rebels have
built and equipped, including seven on-clads,
all, excepting about four, have been captured or
sunk. s.ifsr ...,.,l.i .--
We have compelled the enemy to concentrate
nearly all their army at two places, Atlanta and
| Richmond. H-i a''at
| We have large army confronting them at
each of these places, besides an aTag or garrison
he each OF the 0boce named places eGptared from
| the rebels
In no instance have the Unionists failed to
hold place captured by them. The rebels
have not yet captured solitary fort or town and
held it, since the war commenced
OF all their seaports, the rebels control only
four, namely: Wilmington, Charleston, Calves
ton and Mobile. The first three are thorough
ly blockaded while the last is Theoretically
closed by the capture of Fort Morgan.
| We have labored under the disadvantage of
being obliged to fight on the outside of acircle,
1 while the rebels the inside enabling
them to move their armies "crosslots" /" to meet
Union forces at different points. To illustrate
if Gen. Lee should wish to reinforce Gen. Hood
| at Atlanta, he has only to move his army by
railroads $50 niles;-if Gen. Grant should wish
| to reinforce Gen. Sherman at the same place. he
! would have to move his army $50 miles, near
| ly three times as far as Lee would have to 90.
The rebels are not obliged to keep armies
and garrisons to hold places; We on the other
hand, are obliged to keep an army or garrison
at every point we hold.
| When the Union army marches into rebel
territory, large portion of it has to be left be-
| hind for the purpose Of keeping communications
open. The rebels are not obliged to do so, being
in their own territory and among friends
The rebels have about 100000 men in the
| field; the Unionists about 100000. The rebels
can concentrate nearly the whole of their army
at Richmond and Atlanta, while the Unionists
| can only bring part of their army to bear on
those two points, the balance being scattered
| from Norfolk to Texas, to hold captured places
and forts. The rebels were never so weak as
they are now. |
The above has been accomplished in the space
of three years. Is it too much to say that the
work can be finished in one year, at the same
rate of progress made during the last three years?
| We make the above statement as reply TO
the assertion of the copperheads that the war is
| no nearer its end than it was three years ago,
and that President Lincoln has accomplished
nothing.-C CleVetGUd Leader.