The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-09-23


held it.
We have taken Cape Hattera, and held it.
We have taken Port Royal and hcld!t.
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 taken Pulaski and held it.
We have taken Fort Macon and held it.
Wehave taken Fort Philip and held it,
| We have taken Fort jackson and held it,
We have captured the city Of New Orlean!
and held it.
| We have taken Pensacola and held it.
We have captured Norfolk and held it.
Wehave caytured Newberu, N c., and held II
! 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 oave driven the rebels out Of Tennessee
and held the entire State.
We have taken Vicksburg, with 10000 priBo-
ners, and held it. ..s
We have taktn Port Hudson and held 1t,
We have taken Fort Wagner and held it.
We have taken Natchez and held it,
We have captured Baton Rogue and held it.
We have opened the Mississippi and kept it.
opened.
Wehave taken Little Rock Ark, and held it
We have captured Chattanooga and held it.
We havetuken Cleveland, Tenn and held it
We have taken Fort Powell and held it,
Wehave captured Fort Morgan and held it.
We have taken City Point and Bermuda
Hundred and held then.
We have destroyed or gained possession Of
one-thirl Of the rebel railways.
At the commencement of the war the "Old
Flug" only foatcd in one of the seeded States
" ir5inia; now it floats in all Of them.
We have on hand $1,000 more rebel pr isoners
than they have Union prisoners.
We have won four times as many battles and
skrmishes as the rcbels.
Out of some 40 vessels of war the rebels have
built and equiped, including seven iron-clads
all, excepting about four have been captured OF
sunk
We have compelled the enemy to concentrate
nearly all their army at two places, Atlanta and
Richmond.
We have q large army confronting them at
each of these places, besides an army or garrison
in each of the above named places captured from
the rebels, ....
In no instance have the unionis. failed to
hold place captured by them. the rebels have
| not yet captured a solitary fost or town aud
held it, since the war commenced.
OF all their seaports, the rebels control only
'our, namely: Wilmington, Charleston, Calves.
ton and Mobile, the tirst three are thoroughly
blockaded, while the last is hermetcally closed
by the capture of Fort Morgan.
We have lahorrd under the disadvantage Of
being obliged to fight on the outside of ii circle
while the rebels on the inside, enabling them tc
move their armies "crosslots," TO meet Union
forces at different points To illustrate--if Gen.
Hood at Atlanta, he has only to his army
by railroads $50 miles;--if Cen Grant should
wish to reinforce Gen. Sherman at the same
place, he would have to move his army ] $50
miles nearly three times as far as Lee would
have to go.
The rebels are not obliged to keep arm les and
gaaisoas to hold places; we on the other hand
are obliged to keep an army. or a garrison al
every point we hold
When the Union army marches into rche
territory, large portion of it has to be left be-
hind for the purpose of keeping communication
open. Therebels are not obliged to do SO, being
in their own territory and among friends,
The rebels have about 800 ,000men in the field
the Uuionists about 6O0,00O The rebels cal
concentrate nearly the Whole OF their armey a
Richmond and at Atlanta while the Unionist
can only bring part of their army to bear OF
these two points, the balance being scattered
from Norfolk to Texas, to hold captured place
and forts The rebels were never go weak al
they are now.
The above has been accomplished in the space
of three years. Is it too much to say that th'
Work can be finished in one year, at the same
rate ofprosress made durius the last three years
We make the above statement as reply I,
the assertion OF the copperheads that the war il
no nearer ite end than it was three years ago
and that President Lincoln has accomplished
nothing. .............- .t..
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