The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-05-17
SeIett Mistrllauw,
The Rebel Army - Interesting
Developments Results OF Ihe
Rebellion.

The Rebel Army - Interesting
Developments OF tlte
Rebellion. e..
\ AcorTespOndent Of the Cincinnati Gid,eiis,
present at the surrender Of Johuston givco
tho following interesting resume Of frc,s
and figures with regard to the rebel army,
tho impoverished condition of the South,
and tho feeling bocoming prevalent among
the people of the recently Tebcllious
States;
There are many facts revealed by the
surrender, OF great interest aud deep sig
nicance. Some of these have already
been referred to in shese letters. Tho ap.
proximate annihilatian ai the ablc-sodicd
population of tito South. is set forth IN
startling light hy the t. lowing figures,
taken from tile rolls OF uen, Ilardce's corps,
representing both pteseht and absent A
general consolidation of companies and
regiments took place few mouths since,
aud in most cases whole regiments were re-
quirel to make companies of forty mcn,
aud often even more than this. The fol.
lowing instances were selected ut random
from large pile of rolls: Ten rcgimouts
consolidated, 23I men three regiments,
2l5 twenty resimehts, G2T eleven rcgi
ments, 4l9 five regiments, 3SIj ten rogi-
monts, $50, representing 10000 men on the
original rolls one regiment, 20l oight
regiments, 42t, representing 10000 Texas
! troops; one regiment, 10, lert out of 200
reserve artillery, ten batteries, 900 setcn
regiments, 4l9; eighteen regiments, 40.
| Single regiments. mcOusuljdatcdi and not
represented above, showed the following
numbers on their rolls: 2l 50, l6, l6, lSij
22, 80, 81 lS5, "a, Al, &C. $50, 80, 80, | /, AZ.
| 40 loo. Eight companies consolidated
amounted to 80 men five companies, &C (;
ten companies, 50; eleven companies. 80 (;
ten companies, 6j fifteen companies. 81;
ton companies in one case 81 in another
CO. Tho average in Lees corps, before
consolidation, was about so men to the reg
imcnt, and those corps represented over
| half the army.
General Bates division has lost every
General and field officer aud three-fourths
of tho men ia battle, since tho army lett
Dalton. It lost thirty per cent. at tho bat
| tie of Bentunvilo ulonc. Other facts Of the
same kind might bc stated, ii it were pos.
siblo to place the matter in II stronger light.
s uESsRAb rnyERTY.
This loss uf men is but un indication of
the exhaustion of all the reBunrccs of the
land. The leaders have been in deep earn
est, aud have hcl | the army and the people
to the support of the war until nearly every
dollar aud every man has been sacrificed.
Nothing has been spared or overlooked
that could in amy way contribute Ia mill
tary success. The money OF the country is
utterly worthless the people have been re-
luced to the verge OF starvation, all means
of restocking their farms gone, and tho Ia.
for this year at least, ms the blacks will do
little, and the whites will not be back from
the armies in time TO attend to planting
For over year past it has been unlawful
in miny sections Ia raisa cotton, and but
few of the States, except Nirginia and North
Carolina, have any tobacco on hand, and
these with the little tar, rosin and tnrpen-
tine of this eastern coast, represent all that
can be changed into available funds. The
credit of the land is gone, its factories in n
great measure worn ont or destroyed, its
bnsiness relations completely broken up,
and nearly every house Of business closed,
with no stock on hand or means of replacing
it, Their punishment is heavy, very greY-
ous to be borne, and will weigh upon the
land for half century at least. But one
lesson has been well learned; the South
will never forget the cost OF rebellion.
SOCIETY AFTER TnE WAR.
Her full punishment, however, has not
yet boen meted out In one respect it will
only begin when the armies reach their
homes, and society begins TO reconstruct
itself. The fcuds and mutual recrinlna.
tions growing out of the war will last
through two generations. The rebel sol
diers are very bitter against most ut home,
because the people everywhere lost heart
mole thai year before any discourage %.
ment showed itself in tho army. la some
sections deserters will never be able to re-
side in peace, in others those who have
been activein tho war will be driven out
Political leaders will be charged with tho
suffering eniaied by the war, and military
men accused of not using well tho means
placed in their hands. No more unsettled
state Of society ever existed than will be
naugurated in The South the moment tho
war is entirely at un end. Wherever it has
ended, the indications of this reign of terror
have already manifested themselves.
THE PARTIES BLAMED.
Both England and France are intensely
hated by all cIassee South and charged
with hypocrisy, cowardice, and, IN great
part, with the failure of tho Confederate
cause. Copperheals at theNorth arc locked
upon with loathing aud contempt. This
sentiment is general among tho soldiers
aud constantly referred to. They really
succeeded in making the masses believe
that the North woul not fight, when they
as pro slavery Democrats were in league
with tile South.
The people may yet IL allowed, ercc
monuments to Davis and his fellow CON
spirators-it is very doubtful whether they
would admit dead Copperheads to the pot
torsicld; and to-day while Massachusetts
Yankees are walkins Ieisurely through
these rebel camps with no guard within
eighty miles, both undisturbed and politely
treated, it would be dangerous, to say the
least, for any representative OF thai coward
ly traitor party Of the North to make his
presence knUwu, no matter how loudly he
might pfatc Of tyranny, bastiles and con
stitutional rights.