Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-09-30
NO. 81.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THE
WAR COMMENCED,


When The rebellion was inaugurated by
JEFF. Davis ordering Gen. Beauregard to open
FIRE on Sumter, the North had no army organ
lied no navy, because q Democratic Secre-
/ tary of the Navy managed to have our ships
of war scattered all over the world for the
purpose OF aiding secession no arms, because
! Democratic Secretary of War managed to
store three-Ourths of all our arms, including
all rifed muskets. in Southern Arsenas, which
were seized by the rebels according to pro
gramme, while there were left in the Northern
ArseuaIS one-fourlh of the arms belonging to
the Government all inferior smooth bores.
Yet in spite OF all these tremendous disad
vantages the Government labOred under, we
Of The North have succeeded in accomplish
ing gigantic work during the last three
years.
During that time we have organized and
educated one Of The largest armies the word
ever saw.
We have manufactured over million stand
of Springfield muskets.
We have turned out over 1000 pieces of
field artillery.
We have manufactured over 1000 heavy
guns, ranging from the 80 pound rifed to the
20 inch HOO FOUNDER.
We have built over 80 iron cads, and more
than 100 wooden men-oEwar,
We have driven secessioDism out of Mary
land, and made it strong Union State.
We have taken the city of Baltimore out of
the hands Of a secession mob and held it
We have turned neutral Kentucky into
strong Union State.
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 it.
We have taken Fort Henry and held it.
! We have taken Fort Doneson and held it..
We have taken Island No. 10 and held it,.
! We have captured Fort Pulaski and held it..
| We have captured Fort Macon and held it.
| We have taken Fort Philip and held it.
We have taken Fort jackson and held it.
| We have captured the city Of New Orleans,
and held it.
/ We have taken Pensacola and held it.
/ We have captured Norfolk and held it.
We have captured Newbern, n. c., and
held il.
We have taken james Island, near Charles
ton, and held it.
We have taken the city Of Memphis and
held it.
We have taken Nashville and held it.
We have captured Knoxville and held it.
We have driven the rebels out of Tennessee
and held the entire State.
We have taken Vicksburg, with $4,000
prisoners, and held it.
We have taken Port Hudson and held it.
We have taken Fort Wagner and held it,
1 We have taken the city of Natchez and held
il.
! We have captured the city of Baton Rouge
and held it.
We have opened the Mississippi and kept il
open.
We have captured Little Rock, Arkansas
and held it.
We have captured Chattanooga and held it
We have captured Cleveland, Tennessee, anC
held it.
We have taken Fort Powell and held it.
We have taken City Point aud Bermuds
Hundred and held them.
We have destroyed gained possession OF
one-third of the rebel railways.
At the commencement of the war the ''old
flag" only 1oated in one of the Seeded States
Virginia qpoGD 1t floats in all Of them!
We have on hand 40 900 more rebel prison
ers than they have Union prisoners.
We have won four times as many battles anc
skirmshes as the rebels.
Out of some 40 vessels of war the rebels
have built and equipped, including seven iron
clads all, excepting about foar, have been cap
tured or sunk.
We have taken and now hold the city of At
lanta, avowed by The rebel leaders to be the
lyev-STona of the q" (iODfederacV."
We have whipped them in the Shenandoah
Valley, and Grant has his iron grip on the
throat of Lee at Richmond.
In no instance have the Unionists failed tc
hold place captured by them. The rebel
have never yet captured a solitary fort or towr
and held it, since the war commenced
OF all their sea ports, the rebels control on
ly four, namely: Wilmington, Charleston, Gal
weston aud Mobile The first three are thor
: oughly blockeded, while the last port is her
metically closed by the capture Of Fort Nor
gan.
: We have labored under the disadvantage o
being obliged to fight on the outside OF cir
Gle, while the rebels on the inside, enablin!
? them to move their armies "crOSS lois" to NEE
: Union forces at different points To illustrat
2 If General Lee should wish to renforc
General Hood in Georgia, he has only to NOV
his army by railroads $50 miles;-if Genera
Grant should wish to reinforce General Sher
man in the same State, he would have to NOV
e his army 1850 miles, nearly three times as ia
as Lee would have to go.
The rebels are not obliged to keep armie
, and garrisons to hold places; we on the othe
, hand are obliged to keep an army or garrison
at every point we hold.
When the Union army marches into rebt
territory, large portion of it has to be LEI
= behind for the purpose of keeling communici
: tions open. The rebels are not obliged TO d
: SO, being in their own territory aud anon
friends.
3 The re0els have about 100000 men in th
field; the Uuionists about 100000 The rebel
I can concentrate nearly the whole of their al
my at Richmond Or Atlanta, while tie Union
lists can only bring part OF their army to bea
6 on these two points, the balance beiLg scatter
ed from Norfolk 20 Texas, to hold capture
) places and forts. The rebels were never 8
weak as they are now.
81 The above has been accomplished 10 th
space Of three wears. Is it too much to sa
that the work can be finished in one year, q
the same rate OF progress made during the las
three years?
We make the above statement as reply