The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-10
The Work Done-A Dissoiving View o
the Rebcllion.

the RcbeIIion.
On the first page Of this paper our readers
will find the most interesting, and we dare
say the most acceptable, war map which we
have presented them since the opeAing bonn
bardment Of Fort Sumter. 1t furnishes q dis
solving view Of the rebellion, which covers, at
q glance, the territorial results Of the war
from the beginning to the present day. It
shows the work we have accomplished towards
the suppression of the spurious Southern con.
fedcracy, and the comparatively light work
still required to finish it.
On the LIST Of July, 1861, the military line of
the rebellion covered compact geographical
area Of about eleven hundred thousand square
miles, embracing population of nearly twelve
millions of people. Two-thrds of this terrific
rial area and two-thirds Of this population have
since been reeonquered and restored TO the
cold fag;" and all that which the rebellion
has lost Is so much added to the strength Of
the Union. But this is only q superficial view
of the extent to which the rebellion has
been weakened, and the extent to which
the Union has been strengthened, from
these transfers of territory and population.
The States Of Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas were
the States upon which the rebellion de-
pended for the subsistence OF its armies; and in
losing these States it is like an army cut of
from its base Of supplies. In military view
the Western section Of 'the rebellion, es depict
ed on our map, may be properly omitted in an
estimate OF the present military strength OF
JEFF. Davis; for that immense gap which has been
made down the Mississippi to the Gulf cuts of
this Western from the Eastern section of bis
usurped dominions as completely as IL divided
by the Mediterranean Sea.
The available forces and resources Of the re-
ern section, embracing white population OF
about two millons, and black population
something over two millions. From this white
population there have been drawn over two hun.
drcd and fifty thousand soldiers two-thirds Of
which number, we will assume, are still in the
field. Add to this force the new conscripts re-
Gently raised and the troops remaining with Lee,
Lopgstreet and Joe Johnston from the recap
tured States, and the whole military force Of
Davis in this Eastern section may, perhaps be set
down IS now amounting to two hundred thou
sand men. The swelling CONSUMPTION o, the
rebel Congress may swell this force 10 two hun
bred and ifty thousand men; but Il lie more
likely to fall short Of this increase than to ex-
coed H.
The spring campaign, then, will open with
Union force Of at least i've hundred thousand
men, against rebel force, in this Eastern Sec
ton, Of two hundred and City thousand men;
and we have said nothing Of the powerful CO.
operating forces, on the Union side, of our
iron-clads and gunboats. Considering, then,
the dispirited, Disguised, demoralzed, half
clothed and half famished condition OF the
rebel armies, and the heavily oppressed, de-
ranged and exhausted condition of the rebel
States, from Virginia TO Mississippi, wc may
reasonably expect that short work will be
made Of this remnant OF the so-called Southern